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No mention of exotic animals in ‘Chapter 6: Animals’

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Last modified: 2024-04-05

City of Berlin

Sec. 10-18 – Prohibited animals.

Keeping prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his possession or under his control within the city any poisonous reptile or any other dangerous or carnivorous wild animal, insect or reptile, any vicious or dangerous domesticated animal or any other animal or reptile of wild, vicious or dangerous propensities, or any animal which may have the propensity to create a nuisance, specifically, the following:
1. All poisonous animals and reptiles, including rear-fang snakes.
2. Apes; chimpanzees (Pan); gibbons (Hylobates); gorillas (Gorilla); orangutans (Pongo); and ans siamangs (Symphalangus).
3. Baboons (Papoi, Mandrillus).
4. Bears (Ursidae).
5. Bison (Bison).
6. Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).
7. Crocodilians (Crocodilia), 30 inches in length or more.
8. Constrictor snakes, six feet in length or more.
9. Coyotes (Canis latrans).
10. Deer (Cervidae); including all members of the deer family, for example, whitetailed deer, elk, antelope and moose.
11. Elephants (Elephas and Loxodonta).
12. Game cocks and other fighting birds.
13. Hippopotami (Hippopotamidae).
14. Hyenas (Hyaenidae).
15. Jaguars (Panthera onca).
16. Leopards (Panthera pardus).
17. Lions (Panthera leo).
18. Lynxes (Lynx).
19. Monkeys, old world (Cercopithecidae).
20. Ostriches (Struthio).
21. Poisonous insects.
22. Pumas (Felis concolor), also known as cougars, mountain lions and panthers.
23. Rhinoceroses (Rhinocero tidae).
24. Sharks (class Chondrichthyes).
25. Snow leopards (Panthera uncia).
26. Tigers (Panthera tigris).
27. Wolves (Canis lupus).
28. Except in properly zoned districts, horses, mules, ponies, donkeys, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, roosters, chickens or any animal raised for fur-bearing purposes, unless otherwise permitted elsewhere in this Code.
Exceptions; pet shops. The prohibitions of set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply when the creatures are in the care, custody or control of a veterinarian for treatment; agricultural fairs; shows or projects of 4-H Clubs; a display for judging purposes; an itinerant or transient carnival, circus or other show; dog or cat shows or trials; public or private educational institutions; zoological gardens, if:
1. Their location conforms to the provisions of chapter 82 of this Code.
2. All animals and animal quarters are kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and maintained so as to eliminate objectionable odors.
3. Animals are maintained in quarters constructed so as to prevent their escape.
4. No person lives or resides within 100 feet of the quarters in which the animals are kept.