Bexar County restricts dangerous wild animals through Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 822, Subchapter E, requiring registration and certificate of registration with Bexar County Animal Care Services for tigers, lions, bears, and other listed species kept in unincorporated areas.
Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 822, Subchapter E lists dangerous wild animals including lions, tigers, ocelots, cougars, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, bobcats, lynx, servals, caracals, hyenas, bears, coyotes, jackals, baboons, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and any hybrids. Owners must obtain a certificate of registration from Bexar County Animal Care Services, maintain $100,000 liability insurance, comply with caging standards, and notify authorities of escapes. Bexar Commissioners Court has not adopted broader exotic prohibitions, so reptiles and birds remain unregulated unless USDA-listed.
Class C misdemeanor under Texas HSC 822.113 with fines up to $500 per day; civil penalties up to $2,000 per day; animal seizure and destruction possible if dangerous wild animal kept without certificate of registration.
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