Oregon, OH Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

C. 01. The section prohibits selling or offering a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake at auction, prohibits knowingly removing a microchip implanted in a dangerous wild animal except when a qualified veterinarian must do so for a medical emergency, and bars removing teeth or claws unless a veterinarian determines it is medically necessary. Anyone who possesses a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake must post warning signs meeting standards set by the Ohio Director of Agriculture: on each cage confining the animal, at each entrance to the property, on each container holding a restricted snake, at the main entrance to any structure housing one, and on any vehicle used to transport the animal or snake.

The ordinance also flatly bars allowing a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake to roam off the property where it is confined. C. 01 definition of 'dangerous wild animal' and 'restricted snake,' which reaches large carnivores, primates, big constrictors and venomous species among others. There is no ordinary-pet exception once an animal meets that state definition, so residents cannot keep a covered species as a pet within Oregon city limits regardless of caging or signage.