Cumberland County flatly prohibits keeping wild or exotic animals. Under Code Sec. 3-17 it is unlawful to keep, harbor, breed, sell, or trade any wild or exotic animal, unless licensed by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission as a wildlife rehabilitator.
Sec. 3-17 defines a wild or exotic animal as one usually not domestic and normally found in the wild, listing alligators, apes, bears, crocodiles, foxes, leopards, lions, lynxes, monkeys, panthers, raccoons, rhinoceroses, wolves, poisonous snakes, skunks, and tigers, plus any hybrids or cross-breeds of them. Keeping, harboring, breeding, selling, or trading such an animal for any purpose is unlawful except under a NC Wildlife Resources Commission wildlife-rehabilitator license. Exemptions exist for zoos, zoological parks, and educational or medical institutions. Wolf, fox, and coyote hybrids are separately excluded from the definition of 'dog' (Sec. 3-30), so they are regulated as wild animals. State captivity, importation, and venomous-reptile laws (NCGS Chapter 113 and Article 55 of Chapter 14) apply on top of
Keeping a prohibited wild or exotic animal is a violation of Sec. 3-17; each day is a separate offense, and animals may be seized and impounded. Civil penalties escalate for repeat offenses, and state wildlife-captivity and venomous-reptile crimes may also
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