Raleigh, NC considers an ordinance banning residents from owning or feeding wild animals

Raleigh, NC banning ownership of wild animals

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The Raleigh City Council is considering an ordinance which would ban residents from owning, harboring, or feeding wild animals including monkeys, lions, tigers, alligators, coyotes, ducks, squirrels and deer. If approved, owners would be required to move their exotic animals out of the city within 90 days and anyone that intentionally leaves trash that attracts wildlife would face a fine of up to $100.

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Raleigh, NC

Municipality in North Carolina

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The Proposed Ordinance

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Owning monkeys, snakes, squirrels and other wild animals could be prohibited under proposed Raleigh ordinance :: WRAL.com

Raleigh City Councilors are reviewing a first draft of a proposed ordinance to ban wild and exotic animals as household pets.

Owning monkeys, snakes, squirrels and other wild animals could be prohibited under proposed Raleigh ordinance - NewsBreak

Raleigh, N.C. — The first draft of a proposed ordinance banning wild and exotic animals as household pets has been sent to Raleigh City Council to review. The ordinance is in response to a venomous zebra cobra that escaped from a home in north Raleigh. The cobra was captured on...

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