Broomfield, CO Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

Section 6-24-010(C) makes it unlawful for anyone in Broomfield to own, keep, maintain, possess, harbor, sell, or otherwise deal or traffic in any living exotic, wild, dangerous or unusual animal, whether domesticated or tamed. The subsection names specific prohibited categories rather than leaving the ban vague: Africanized honeybees, bats of any species, bears of any species, non-domestic felines (ordinary house cats are excluded), primates such as gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans and baboons, most members of the Mustelidae family other than pet ferrets (including fishers, martens, minks, otters, porcupines, raccoons, skunks, weasels and wolverines), poisonous reptiles, and wild canines such as wolves, foxes and coyotes.

The ban also reaches any animal or bird carrying a state or federal endangered-species designation, and any other terrestrial predator or animal the city has separately determined to be a public nuisance. Subsection (D) closes the obvious loophole: any hybrid or breed mix between a wild animal and a domestic animal is treated as a wild animal under the ordinance, and claiming the animal has been domesticated does not change its prohibited status. Subsection (E) provides the only carve-out, exempting animals kept by a zoo, circus or rodeo that is licensed by the city, so touring or resident exhibition animals are not swept into the household ban.