(A) Ownership or possession. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess or maintain the custody, charge or control of any wild, exotic, dangerous or nondomestic or venomous reptile or any animal known by such person to be dangerous or wild as regulated by Cal. Code of Regulations, Title 14, § 671 as such animals are defined in Cal. Fish and Game Code Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Division 3.
(B) Sale prohibited. It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, barter, give away, keep or purchase any “wild animal”, exotic animal or dangerous animal as defined herein or any animal which is wild, fierce, dangerous, noxious or naturally inclined to do harm, except the animal shelter, a zoological park, veterinary hospital, humane society shelter, public laboratory, circus, sideshow, amusement show or facility for education or scientific purposes may keep such an animal if protective devices adequate to prevent such animal from escaping or injuring the public are provided.
(C) Protected species. It shall be unlawful to keep an animal of a species prohibited or protected by C.F.R. Title 50 or by the California Endangered Species Act, being Cal. Fish and Game Code, Division 3, Chapter 1.5, §§2050 et seq.
(Ord. 540, passed 4-18-2006; Ord. 604, passed 4-16-2013)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Cal. Fish and Game Code §§ 2050 et seq. and 2116 et seq.