Are there laws about keeping exotics animals as pets?
There are a handful of federal laws that prohibit the sale and interstate transport of certain exotic animals for keeping as pets (these include the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, the Wild Bird Conservation Act and the Endangered Species Act). Furthermore, most states have implemented some level of restriction on the ownership of exotic animals. These laws take many forms and their severity varies widely, ranging from outright bans on keeping certain species to merely requiring licences or permits.
