Lane County's Animal Services Code treats "exotic or dangerous animal" as a regulated category of "animal" and covers it under the same impound, licensing, and dangerous-animal framework as dogs. Oregon state law (ORS 609.305-609.335) bans most exotic pets outright.
Lane Code 7.005.005 defines "Animal" to include "any dog, cat, exotic or dangerous animal, or livestock," so exotic and dangerous animals fall under Animal Services' impound and enforcement authority. The heavier prohibition is state law: Oregon's exotic-animal statutes (ORS 609.305-609.335 and OAR 603-011) generally bar private ownership of exotic animals - non-native big cats, non-wolf-hybrid wild canines, bears (except black bears), and certain primates and crocodilians - unless the owner held a valid state permit before the phase-out. New permits are essentially unavailable to hobbyists. So in unincorporated Lane County, the practical answer is that most exotics cannot be kept, and Animal Services may impound a prohibited or dangerous animal.
Illegally possessing an exotic animal is enforced by the state under ORS 609.305-609.990. Locally, an exotic or dangerous "animal" is impoundable, and dangerous-behavior restrictions (LC 7.005.135) can apply.
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