What type of pets are illegal where you live?

I'm not sure about where I live now (Virginia) but, where I grew up (Maryland) it was illegal to own painted turtles. In the city, it was illegal to own ferrets and skunks (de-scented). My cousin owned a skunk for awhile but it was legal at the time. Once the law passed to ban pet skunks, she had to get rid of it. I believe chickens were also illegal to own in the city. (I'm talking about Baltimore City here.) I really doubt that anyone really cared what was illegal to own and the authorities never paid attention to people who owned them unless someone complained or the people who owned them tried to sell them (which I think would be pretty stupid on their part). I had RiverCooters (turtles) that had hatched in my backyard. I kept three of them ("Curly", "Moe" and "Mary") and had them in a 75 gallon fishtank until we moved here. They were outgrowing the tank (which had rocks piled up on one side so they could climb up and "sun" themselves under the fluorescent lights) so I released them into our lake when we moved here three years ago. They're very happy there and have even had offspring! I'm content to have cats and dogs now. I don't even have the time or energy to have fish anymore. I still have that 75 gallon tank and am thinking about selling it since I'll probably never use it again.

Well, I have two stories on this. One about a turtle. When I was young I used to spend time with my cousin. She had a medium sized turtle. She painted the back of it. I thought it was bizarre todo this to a turtle. Then about the ferret. A friend of mine's kid had a ferret that got down in her couch and wouldn't come out. It was in there about a week and they had to get rid of the couch. (Ferrets have a very distinctive odor.)Then the ferret got outside in their back yard and made a terrible mess making holes all over the yard. I would think that these different states have their very good reasons for allowing certain animals. I don't know of any certain laws about animals in my state but I would hope that the pet stores and such would know.

Here any wild animals that are considered illegal unless you have a permit for them. I'd like to have some Galapagos tortoises.

The only illegal pets here are the barn animals. You can't have chickens and cows in your yard obviously. I'm in CA too and yes, the ferrets are illegal, but no cop is going to bust up in your house and arrest you for having a ferret. One of the other officers I work with (I'm a cop) has a ferret. I personally wouldn't own one, but whatever works.

we have bulls and cows here which are illegal. just because of their aggresive nature they create too much problem for the citizens here.because of them all other wild animals have been disappeared long time ago. now only left few bulls and few cows...i think tortoise is a cute pet to around...don't you think so???

perhaps i said to you on one of your discussions that turtle is banned to keep as your pet bcoz its too rare here. apart from it we cant keep any bird which seem migratory or rare. we can keep peagon,duck and hen... thats all. have a nice day.

I have no idea what pets are illegal here where I live, because even if it were illegal, people still get them as pets. This includes a lot of endangered species from our few existing rainforests. I know its illegal in my country to take care of eagles, falcons and some owls since they are nearly extinct here. I guess the same goes for turtles because turtles are endangered.

Well, I know there's a rule about livestock in town, but I don't think the potbelly pigs are being counted and I KNOW there are chickens in my neighborhood... I know some people would like to follow Dade County's rule and not have pitbulls, but I would like to have a "house horse"...

um..turtles,any kind of livestock (chickens,goats,etc), piranhas (because someone tried to release them in the wild),any kind of sea life in tanks bigger than 75 gallons unless you own your own house,primates,great cats,some snakes.. i'm actually glad they banned primates.besides the obvious reasons, when i was very little it was still allowed-and the one pet store here had a chimpanzee who spent all day in the store,locked in his tiny little cage.he always looked so sad..i often wished i could free him.

According to this website I found: Summary of Law: A person may not keep a lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar, cheetah, margay, mountain lion, Canada lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, hyena, wolf, coyote, or any deadly dangerous, or poisonous reptile unless such person has registered the animal with the local law enforcement agency in the county in which the animal is kept.

I knew a lady who had a pet deer one time. I found out later that they were illegal to have as pets. I didn't know this when I met her and she probably didn't, either, as she seemed like a nice lady. I don't know of any other animals that are illegal to have as pets here in Alabama unless it's some kind of wild animal. I have a pond in front of my house and there are turtles in it. When my cousins were living with us a long time ago, they caught some a time or two but they didn't last. I see them sunning themselves down there a lot in the summer. Kathy.

I think all endangered animals must not become pets for whatever reasons. It's best to leave them to the professionals who know how to take care of them and could give them the appropriate habitats like the original. Sadly, I've seen a few rich people who don't care about that and instead pet them just for showing off.

Well, yes certain pets do have restriction, especially the ones considered as precious or rare species. Here deer,seal fish, dolphins cannot be pampered as pets without the approval. Infact, they will come home and take away. Infact there are reasons like they are very rare or they cannot adapt in a place, where they should suppose to live and so on..

hello jenintn. piranhas, wild cats, snakes and poisonous animals. i think it is good to have such laws to prohibit these animals from being kept at home. imagine if they ever do escape let alone the first victim they would hurt. and that would be ourselves, the keepers.

I love frogs, I find them beautiful and fascinating, I live in the UK and when I lived with my ex and four cats they were forever bringing in frogs they had caught it would upset me more than anything else they caught, I would always rescue them, I wanted to keep them as pets but what I didn't know it was against the law to keep garden frogs! So I had to let them go, but I wasn't going to let them go where the cats could find them so I would make regular trips in the car to the pond to free them.

Ferrets yep, desert tortoises, farm animals, exotic animals, pot bellied pigs and miniature horses fall under farm animals... There are also limits to how many pets...

I'm really not sure what pets are illegal here. I do know that tigers or baby cubs are illegal (you'd be surprised what people try to keep in there homes). I once knew someone who had a baby alligator. I'm pretty sure that was illegal too.

Pit bull dogs are not only illegal here but they have been banned, apparently. The only folks that are permitted to have pit bulls are the people that owned them before the ban which was imposed late nineties I think; although I’m not sure on that one...I am quite certain that reptiles are not legal here unless one has a licence. There are several species that require licenses like love birds for example I’m told cannot be kept without a permit. Koalas and kangaroos I’m sure are only allowed to be cared for by wildlife volunteers.

A few days ago I read an article about the pets that aren't allowed in Denmark. The rules seem pretty complicated. Many pets are illegal, but there are so many exceptions. Some of kinds of turtles are allowed and others are illegal. A few kinds of alligators are allowed, but most of them are illegal. I was very surpriced to read that, because I thought that they were all illegal. Bats are illegal and so are certain kinds of squirrels, birds, snakes, fish and scorpions.

Snakes, turtles, etc are illegal. I'm not sure the law says all reptilians but I think so. Two days there was a case with someone who found a French frog in the cabbage they bought in a shop, and as it was alive it got a new home in Sweden. Not sure what would have happened here in Norway, maybe it would have to go to a zoo. Pitbulls and some other breeds of dogs are forbidden. And all kinds of wild animals I think, both native and exotic. So no tigers, lions, lynxes, mooses or weasels.