Lodi, CA Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

030 of the Lodi Municipal Code is a single flat sentence: it is unlawful to harbor, keep or have within the city any wild animal. 010(C), which defines 'wild animals' as feral animals not commonly kept as household pets. The list is broad: within the mammal class it covers Order Carnivora other than the domestic dog and cat, expressly naming the family Felidae (ocelots, margays, cougars) and family Canidae (wolves, wolf hybrids, coyotes, jackals); Order Marsupialia (kangaroos, opossums); Order Chiroptera (bats); and Order Primata (monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas).

6, and it captures reptiles that are poisonous or exceed six feet in length or thirty pounds in weight. A residual clause in subsection C(3) sweeps in any nondomestic species kept in numbers or a manner constituting a likelihood of danger to people or property. 030 applies flatly, with no permit or exhibitor exception written into the chapter, animal control can act on any confirmed wild-animal complaint regardless of how the animal is enclosed or how long it has been kept.