City board to decide fate of ferret ban today

摘要

New York's Board of Health is expected to decide today whether to welcome ferrets into America's largest city. Bans on keeping the animals as pets are gradually being lifted in states across the country, including the rest of New York. The city has long banned ferrets, along with California, Hawaii and Washington, D.C. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani once advised one ferret fan to get seek psychological help, saying the man's "excessive concern with little weasels is a sickness."