Milwaukee County has no exotic-animal ordinance; keeping is controlled municipally. The City of Milwaukee Code 78-5 broadly bars any animal, bird, insect, reptile or fish that cannot be effectively vaccinated against rabies or is otherwise dangerous or detrimental to health, and may confiscate violating animals.
There is no Milwaukee County exotic-animal ordinance; regulation is municipal and varies among the 19 cities and villages. The City of Milwaukee uses a broad standard rather than a species list: Code 78-5 bars bringing in or keeping any animal that cannot be effectively vaccinated against rabies, or any animal, bird, insect, reptile or fish otherwise dangerous or detrimental to health. In practice this prohibits non-domesticated and dangerous exotics even without a named-species list. Some suburbs such as Cudahy and Glendale enumerate prohibited species like bears, primates and large constrictors. MADACC and the DNR handle dangerous or illegally kept exotic animals.
In the City of Milwaukee, keeping an animal barred by Code 78-5 is a violation; the city may confiscate it and cite the owner. Suburbs with prohibited-species lists impose their own forfeitures; wild animals without a DNR permit face seizure.
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