What pets are illegal in NJ?

Answer 1

Venomous lizards and snakes (including rattle snakes, cobras, vipers, asps, coral snakes), pythons, anacondas, boas, monitors, iguanas, snapping turtles, alligators, caiman, and crocodiles • Wild cats of all types (lions, tigers, cheetahs, bobcats, etc.) • Weasels, minks, badgers, otters, ferrets (in New York City only) , raccoons • All apes, monkeys, chimpanzees, lemurs • Pure Wolves (hybrids are allowed) , foxes, coyotes, gophers, muskrats, woodchucks, squirrels • Eagles, falcons, hawks, owls, vultures, condors, all bats, roosters, geese, ducks, turkeys • Venomous insects such as bees, hornets, wasps • Bears of all types and Pot-bellied pigs in certain cities... many of these change whether or not you are in the city and in the specific situation. For example, you cannot have roosters or ducks in the city but if you live on a farm, they are allowed as "livestock" and not pets. Also squirrels are legal only in certain situations such as if it was abandoned as a baby and you cat nursed it...

Answer 2

How many pets you can legally own in New Jersey depends on where you live and the type of pets. Often rules for pets stipulate that you can only own a certain number of one type. For example three dogs. However, you are still able to have other types of pets along with the dogs.

Answer 3

The best resource for New Jersey's exotic pet laws is from the New Jersey State Department. Regulations can be vexing, not to mention complicated and confusing. See the related link for a website/pdf which offers you your most comprehensive analysis of what animals you can and cannot have in New Jersey.

Answer 4

It all depends where you live different states allow different pets