Eden Prairie, MN Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

Section 9.07, Subd. 18 of the Eden Prairie City Code prohibits keeping, maintaining or harboring any animal or species already banned by Minnesota or federal law, and separately lists categories of non-domesticated animals that are banned regardless of individual temperament. Named outright are skunks, whether wild-caught or domestically raised and whether or not de-scented or rabies-vaccinated; large cats of the family Felidae such as lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, cougars and ocelots, with ordinary house cats excluded; crossbreeds such as a dog crossed with a coyote or a dog crossed with a wolf, with crossbred domesticated animals excluded; and raccoons, named without qualification.

A catch-all in Subd. 18.B.7 bans any other animal 'not naturally tame or gentle' whose size, vicious nature or other characteristics would endanger human life or property, expressly including any animal for which the State Health Department has not approved a rabies vaccination. The Code carves out one exception: falconers and bird banders licensed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and holding a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit may keep the raptors covered by that federal and state licensing. Enforcement runs through the Animal Control Officer and City Police Department who enforce the rest of Section 9.07, and Subd.

10 lets an Animal Control Officer or police officer impound, or in some cases immediately destroy without notice to the owner, a diseased, rabid or dangerous animal that cannot be safely captured.