Kootenai County Code 5.1.108 requires any owner of an exotic or wild animal to comply with all federal, state, and local laws, including USDA, Idaho Department of Agriculture, and Idaho Fish and Game rules. The county defers to those agencies for possession permits.
Code 5.1.108 ("Exotic and Wild Animals") does not list a county-issued permit; instead it makes lawful possession conditional on compliance with every agency having jurisdiction — the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Idaho Department of Agriculture, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and any other federal, state, or local agency. Idaho Fish and Game strictly limits deleterious exotic animals and native wildlife as pets. So an exotic animal is legal in unincorporated Kootenai County only if it is legal under those overriding state and federal rules.
Possessing an exotic or wild animal without required state/federal authorization is a prohibited act; the animal may be impounded under 5.1.114 and enforced by the agency with jurisdiction.
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