California law (CCR Title 14 §671) prohibits keeping many exotic animals including ferrets, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, piranhas, and certain reptiles. Additionally, Hanford Municipal Code §6.08.070 prohibits keeping swine, roosters, peafowl, ostriches, ratitae birds, and livestock within city limits.
Hanford Municipal Code §6.08.070 (Unlawful Keeping) prohibits roosters, peafowl, ostriches, and other ratitae birds and livestock within city limits. Section 6.08.080 designates these as public nuisances. California CCR Title 14 §671 additionally prohibits private possession of many wild and exotic species including ferrets, hedgehogs, capybaras, tegus, and many others. Hanford Animal Control enforces both state and local prohibitions.
Code enforcement citation; nuisance abatement; possible criminal charges under state law.
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