Raleigh, NC City Council approved ordinance banning residents from owning dangerous wild animals
Raleigh, NC banning ownership of dangerous wild animals
The Raleigh City Council approved an ordinance banning dangerous and wild animals inside city limits. The ordinance will ban residents from owning lions, tigers, wolves, monkeys, hybrids or crossbreeds, and medically significant venomous snakes. Beginning in July 2023, any resident with animals grandfathered in under the ordinance will be required to register with animal control and pay a fee. Owners who violate the ordinance will have their animals impounded by police and pay a $500 penalty.
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Raleigh leaders vote to ban wild animals as pets :: WRAL.com
The ban for new owners to acquire a dangerous or wild animal as a pet goes into effect on Sept. 3. Current owners of the animals subject to the ban will be allowed to keep them.
Raleigh leaders move forward with plan to ban wild animals as pets :: WRAL.com
Almost a year after a venomous zebra cobra escaped in a North Raleigh neighborhood, making national headlines, city council met on Tuesday to discuss a ban on dangerous and wild animals inside city limits.
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