April’s meeting of the Bryan city council including updating a local ordinance to reflect changes in state law to require an animal license to own a ferret.
Quoting the amended ordinance:
(a) It is unlawful to keep more than two ferrets over the age of six months in a dwelling unit within city limits.
(b) Ferrets must be currently vaccinated against rabies at all times and licensed in the same manner as dogs and cats under section 10-52. This section shall be enforced in the same manner and with the same consequences as for dogs and cats.
(c) The owner of ferrets, or the owner of real property on which ferrets are being kept, may not allow the ferrets to be a nuisance, or be the source of a nuisance, by virtue of (1) odor, excessive noise, or attraction of pests, which would disturb a person of normal sensibilities; or (2) otherwise create a health hazard.
Click HERE to read and download background information from the city of Bryan.
The unanimous vote included comments from councilwoman Marca Ewers-Shurtleff, who tongue in cheek thanked state lawmakers for the new law that she said will take care of ” a real rampant problem here in Bryan.”
Click below to hear comments from Marca Ewers-Shurtleff during the April 14, 2026 Bryan city council meeting.
Later in the meeting, there was a comment about possibly adding a ferret to other animals that will be on signage at the site of the city’s future animal center.