New Orleans prohibits keeping or selling wild or exotic animals as pets. City Code Ch. 18 bars any wild or exotic animal as a pet, and the City has expressly classified roosters among the wild/exotic animals that residents may not keep.
City Code Ch. 18 flatly prohibits keeping wild or exotic animals as pets and prohibits offering them for sale as pets. The banned category covers animals such as alligators, monkeys, and other non-domesticated species — and, since a 2013 amendment, roosters. The LA/SPCA, as contracted animal control, investigates and can impound prohibited exotic animals. Domesticated dogs, cats, hens, rabbits, and typical caged birds/small pets remain legal; the ban targets dangerous or non-domesticated wildlife kept in an urban household.
Keeping or selling a wild/exotic animal violates Ch. 18; the animal may be seized/impounded by the LA/SPCA and the owner fined. Cruelty charges may follow in cockfighting-related rooster cases.
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