Eagle Mountain, UT Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

010 defines "Wild animals" as any species that in their natural life are wild, including hybrids and animals that cannot be effectively vaccinated for rabies due to their wild condition, and lists the covered categories: alligators and crocodiles, all bears including grizzly, brown and black bears, the entire cat family except common domesticated cats (cheetah, cougar, leopard, lion, lynx, panther, mountain lion, tiger, wildcat), the dog family except domesticated dogs (wolf, part-wolf, fox, part-fox, coyote, part-coyote, dingo), porcupines, all nonhuman primates, raccoons and ringtailed cats, skunks, venomous fish and piranha, venomous snakes and lizards, and the weasel family (weasels, martens, wolverines, ferrets, badgers, otters, ermine, mink, mongoose).

100 makes it unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, barter, give away, keep, own, harbor, or purchase any of these animals, except for government agencies or as otherwise provided by state or federal regulation. The code carves out one narrow grandfather exception: keeping of a wild animal that existed before the ordinance's effective date may continue, but if that keeping is discontinued for one year or more it is deemed abandoned, and any future keeping of a wild animal on that property must conform to the ban. 070 gives the county-based department, animal regulation officers, and peace officers the power to enter premises, investigate, and seize any animal held in violation.