Logan, UT Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

Section 6A.08.180 of Logan's Comprehensive Animal Control title (Title 6A) is a flat prohibition on wild animals for private persons. Section 6A.02.030 defines a wild animal as any animal that is not commonly domesticated, is listed as protected by Federal or State law, or may be perceived as wild or predatory in nature, or that because of its size, growth propensity, vicious nature or other characteristics would constitute an unreasonable danger to human life or property. The definition lists alligators, crocodiles and caiman; bears; the cat family except commonly accepted domesticated cats, including cougar, lion, tiger and mountain lion; the dog family except domesticated dogs, including wolf, part wolf, fox, part fox and coyote; porcupine; non-human primates; raccoons; skunks; venomous fish and piranha; venomous snakes and lizards; and weasels, including ferrets' relatives such as mink, badgers and otters.

A separate track covers permitted exotic pets. Section 6A.02.030 limits them to species commercially available at retail pet shops in the area: non-venomous snakes, non-poisonous small reptiles, non-poisonous amphibians, tortoises, ferrets, potbelly pigs, exotic birds, sugar gliders, degas, hedgehogs, domesticated silver fox, and non-poisonous insects. Section 6A.06.020 caps a residence at five (5) permitted exotic animals at any one time.

Section 6A.08.180 exempts animal shelters, zoological parks, veterinarian hospitals, bona fide research facilities, fairgrounds or a circus, and research facilities for educational or scientific purposes. Every exempt facility that holds a wild animal must keep it by protective devices that prevent escape or harm to the public, comply with State and Federal handling, maintenance, and vaccination rules for each species, and keep it confined on the premises. Persons approved by the City for raising animals for their pelts, and persons authorized by State or Federal law, are also outside the ban. Section 6A.08.190 lets wild unprotected animals be abated in a safe and humane manner under the direction or with the assistance of the appropriate State or Federal agencies.