2 Those furry ferrets.

• Position: STATELINE - Ferret control in Hawaii and California - Brief article

Are ferrets friend or foe? Foe, according to laws in Hawaii and California. Concerns about the extent of destruction a proliferation of escaped ones might do to local ecosystems led to the bans. Just look at what happened when Hawaiian farmers introduced the mongoose in 1883 to kill an over abundance of rats. Not only did they fail to kill many rats (since their sleeping habits kept them apart), with no predators, they've gone on to eat everything and anything they can find, spreading nasty diseases along the...