FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (of interest to editors covering: Calif. Politics, Animals/Pets, Video Contests/YouTube Culture) LegalizeFerrets.org's YouTube Video Contest - Voting Starts June 29th through July 4th LA MESA, Calif., June 29, 2009 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LegalizeFerrets.org, an organization of people interested in legalizing ferrets in California, is conducting their second annual YouTube Video Contest. Nine videos have been entered and the only prize is $500 cash. Entries range from the "I had to leave my ferrets behind when I moved to California" to creative ferret disguises. According to the organization: "But the pain is evident, we love our ferrets and we want to be able to move freely about with them." LegalizeFerrets.org is conducting an Environmental Impact Report as required from the California Department of Fish and Game. Their mailing list and support continue to grow and the video contest is a great expression of the hope, pain and fear California ferret enthusiasts live with. www.LegalizeFerrets.org is a grass roots organization working to legalize ferrets in California. Ferrets are illegal in only two states, California and Hawaii. The ban has caused a huge emotional toll on ferret owners in California and ferret owners who find themselves moving to the state. According to PIJAC, the nation's leading pet trade organization, California has the nation's largest population of pet domestic ferrets - yet California has resisted efforts to legalize them. Over the past three years LegalizeFerrets.org has continued to grow and is now working on an Environmental Impact Report. "We believe that scientific research combined with grass roots activism will get our little guys legalized." To view the videos please go to http://www.ferretsanon.com/youtube.html . All trademarks and service marks are the property of the respective parties. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, Copr. 2009. NEWS SOURCE: LegalizeFerrets.org # # # // RELEASE END // MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info below not for publication online or in print ] Pat Wright LegalizeFerrets.org +1-619-303-0645 CLIFFNotes @ legalizeferrets.org //Note to editors: * Print-ready images may be requested from the above media contact. ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2009-06-0629-005S.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2009-06-0626-005S.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml RSS feeds by news topic: http://feeds.send2press.com/idx_RSS.shtml Add our news to your blog or Web site automatically: http://feeds.send2press.com/ ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com/ ......... JUNE 2009 Press Release / S-ST US=(CA) / pre = / ytv = / agency = /END/