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I need help with my pet skunk
http://www.skunklaw.com I am trying to rally support for laws in
Illinois to be changed. My brother got us a pet skunk for a wedding gift. What a strange thing, huh? After contacting my vet to get all of the appropriate shots I learned that skunks are illegal in Illinois. As it turns out, every law in Illinois results in the killing of the skunk involved. There is an open year round hunting season. Conservation officers and animal control officers are ordered to have any skunk they are confronted with killed. Even wildlife rehabbers can lose their license for helping an injured skunk. In Illinois, genocide is the only way. I am seeking to have the current prohibition policy amended to allow a conservative permit policy allowing citizens to have a domestic (pen raised not wild) skunk as a pet. Pet skunks are allowed in Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Kentucky, but must be killed in Illinois. Every legislator I talk to wishes me the best and says they will support it, but none will write a bill. This may sound off of the wall to most of you, but it means life or death to a member of my family. www.skunklaw.com |
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I need help with my pet skunk
I hate to even respond to this post.
I have to ask you why you are posting to a cat health and behavior group when you are looking for help with a pet skunk? Skunks have a notorious reputation for their bad smell and for being carriers of rabies. However, skunks are also some of the most gentle creatures known to mankind and most people don't ever get to know that side of the skunk. A descented skunk makes a wonderful pet. There are many, many, many websites dealing with exactly the issue you are looking for answers to... a cat forum for cat health and behavior is the very least likely place you should be looking at. There are several groups in Illinois (that even I am entirely aware of) that deal specifically with the issues you are addressing and can offer you a whole lot more help than a cat forum can. Try starting out by typing in the search box, "Illinoise pet skunks" and you will, just from that, get quite a lot of information. Thanks and I wish you luck. Melissa |
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I need help with my pet skunk
I posted here because people who love and own animals are more likely
to be open minded to hearing the truth about skunks as pets. Like you mentioned in your post, they have a bad reputation, but most of it is not fact based. The wild skunks are a rabies vector but they are not likely to retransmit it (they cannot carry it without it killing them). However, domestic pet skunks have never had a single case of rabies acording to the US CDC. And of course I am only talking about farm raised domestic skunks. Nobody is wanting to take a wild animal out of its' home. Also skunks are not all black and white. They can be many other colors like grey, champaigne, chocolate, all white, silver and even swirled instead of striped. As you can gather, I am not looking for answers, I am looking for a few people who will help. Many people say good luck, or I hope you do well, but in reality, that does nothing. If I can get 1000 or 2000 people to sign a petition and a couple hundred people to send emails or letters to lawmakers, then I can get them to change the laws. Skunks are not rich and do not have a large marketing department or budget, there is no big company backing us, so I have to come up with as many cheap ways to reach people as possible. Thanks for the luck you wished me, Dom PS there is no e on the end of Illinois, and the s is silent. Thanks Again. |
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I need help with my pet skunk
Oops... you are correct, I mispelled Illionois... chuckles Believe
me, I do know how to say it correctly though... chuckle I am originally from Iowa, it is the same with Des Moines. Quite a few years ago I entertained the idea of having a pet skunk. I would still like to have one. However, at this time, I fear I have far too much going on in my life to even really consider it. My husband has a chronic progressive illness and we have a lot of work over here with the house and land. We need to get this place together and then sell it. Move to something more doable for us at this time. Those are just some of the reasons I might not jump on the bandwagon to help with the cause. However, I know it is a good cause. I will do my best to get some of the info together that I still have. I always try to educate people about skunks, because they truly are wonderful creatures. Thanks, Melissa |
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