However, possession of an alligator is legal in some states. According to Born Free USA, a national nonprofit animal welfare organization, five states have no licensing or licensing requirements governing the ownership of exotic animals. The group includes Alabama, Nevada, South Carolina and Wisconsin. Virginia allows you to keep primates as pets. Other animals that do not require permits include llamas, alpacas, camels and chinchillas. Animals used for educational and exhibition purposes require a license. Prohibited animals include bears, wolves, coyotes, hyenas, lions, tigers, leopards, alligators and crocodiles. You can apply for a permit to keep these prohibited animals. The possession of large carnivores such as lions, tigers and bears is illegal, as are monkeys, baboons and macaques. There is also a limit of six animals per owner for bobcats, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, quail, opossums, coyotes, deer, red foxes and gray foxes. If you acquired an animal in another state, you must prove that it was acquired legally. It is illegal to possess dangerous regulated animals, including: The California Agency of Natural Resources has banned most wildlife, including seals, bighorn sheep and hawks, from being kept in California in the same way as pets. You are also prohibited from keeping all non-native dogs and cats, elephants, crocodiles and more.
The exceptions to this law are cattle, alpacas, llamas and camels. – Prohibited animals: Puma, Black bear, Raccoon, Bobcat It is illegal to own a wild animal in Wisconsin without a permit, with a few exceptions. It is not necessary to hold a permit to possess chipmunks, rats, squirrels, weasels and ground squirrels, among others. In New Mexico, you can`t own undomesticated cats, primates, crocodiles, alligators, skunks, bears, and wolves. You must complete an application for a pet licence. You do not need a permit for ferrets and llamas. In recent years, wildlife officials across the country have seen an increase in the number of alligators released into parks, waterways and other public places. In 2019, six alligators were released in Detroit (one of them was shot), and in August, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish seized an alligator from a Santa Fe man who had kept the animal illegally for 10 years. Under Missouri state law, a pet alligator is actually legal and would only need to be registered with the Department of Health if it is more than eight feet long. For the most part, exotic animals are illegal in Hawaii. These include bears, big cats, wild canines, hybrids of feral cats and wild dogs, kangaroos, wild cattle and deer, birds of prey, alligators, geckos and most lizards, hedgehogs, gerbils, hamsters and ferrets. Pets allowed include guinea pigs, chinchillas, pet mice and rats, parakeets and pigeons.
Ohio`s laws have changed since the Zanesville animal slaughter in 2011. More than 50 wild animals have been released from a reserve where authorities have had to euthanize lions, tigers, bears and wolves roaming the streets. Since then, the Dangerous Wildlife Act has made lions, tigers, bears, elephants, alligators, monkeys and servals illegal and requires a permit. Animals that do not require permits are lemurs, foxes, bobcats, alpacas and llamas. Maybe you`ve always wanted to own a pet monkey, or you`re wondering if it`s legal for your neighbor to have that cougar in their yard. Luckily for your curiosity, every state has exotic animal laws that allow, restrict, or prohibit the ownership of certain animal species. The following article describes some of these state laws in more detail. Delaware state law requires permits for most wild mammals and hybrids. Pets that do not require a permit include chinchillas, hedgehogs, ferrets, opossums, rabbits, sugar gliders, etc. Many lizards are allowed, including anoles, water dragons, basilisks, bearded dragons, chameleons, geckos, iguanas and more. Possession of non-native venomous snakes is illegal. – Prohibited animals: kangaroo, monkey, fox, wolf, crocodile, alligator, cobra In Georgia, certain animals are prohibited unless the owner obtains a license or permit for wildlife, and even this option is limited to certain groups – such as those who wholesale or retail wildlife, those who expose wild animals to the public, and those who use the animals for scientific or educational purposes.
Animals such as kangaroos, monkeys, foxes, wolves, crocodiles, alligators and cobras are considered “inherently dangerous” to humans under state law. Such regulations do not deter many collectors who covet palm-sized baby alligators.
