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<section number="3-176" name="Keeping wild or exotic animals" law="code" slug="sec-3-176" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_3ANCO_DIV6OTRUREST_S3-176KEWIEXAN">
  <level label="a">
    <text>No person shall keep or permit to be kept on his premises any unlicensed wild, exotic, or dangerous animal either as a pet, for breeding, for sale, or for display or exhibition purposes, whether gratuitously or for a fee, except as otherwise provided herein.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>No person shall keep or permit to be kept on his premises any poisonous snake, poisonous reptile, or other poisonous or venomous animal either as a pet, for breeding, or for display or exhibition purposes, whether gratuitously or for a fee, except as otherwise provided herein.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>No person shall keep or permit to be kept on his premises any ground hog, skunk, raccoon, opossum, fox, bear, wolf, other native wildlife, or member of the cat family other than the domestic cat either as a pet, for breeding purposes, for sale, or for display or exhibition purposes, whether gratuitously or for a fee, except as otherwise provided herein.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Director shall prescribe regulations to insure the safe penning or caging of wild or exotic animals or reptiles in order to prevent threats to the public health or the creation of public nuisances.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Director shall issue a permit for the keeping or displaying of any exotic or wild animal upon inspection and under the conditions established by the Administrator. Denial of the permit may be appealed to the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license fee for a wild and exotic animal display license shall be Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).</text>
  </level>
</section>
