10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
Verified from official government sources
In a recognized residential subdivision on a lot under one acre, East Baton Rouge Parish limits keeping to three chickens and prohibits roosters, geese, guinea fowl, ducks, turkeys, and peacocks. Larger lots have fewer restrictions. No fowl may create a nuisance.
EBRP Code Sec. 14:224
The keeping of roosters, geese, guinea fowl, ducks, turkeys, or peacocks is similarly prohibited in recognized residential subdivisions on lots of less than one acre.
East Baton Rouge Parish requires dogs to be confined to the owner's home or fenced yard, or restrained on a leash no longer than six feet. Letting a dog run at large is a nuisance enforced by the Animal Control & Rescue Center under Title 14.
EBRP City-Parish Code, Title 14 (Animals)
Dogs must be confined at all times either in the owner's home or fenced yard or on a leash no longer than 6 feet.
East Baton Rouge Parish does not ban any dog breed. Instead, Title 14 regulates individual dogs by behavior, declaring dogs 'potentially dangerous,' 'dangerous,' or 'vicious' based on bites or menacing conduct, with strict ownership requirements for those declared.
East Baton Rouge Parish sets no dedicated hive ordinance in Title 14; backyard beekeeping is governed by Louisiana state law. Every colony must be registered annually with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry by October 1 and permitted before bees enter the state.
East Baton Rouge Parish follows Louisiana law, which bans private possession of big exotic cats (lions, tigers), non-human primates, bears, and other dangerous wild quadrupeds. Importing, possessing, purchasing, or selling these listed animals is unlawful except for grandfathered permits.
LAC 76:V.115(C)(1)
It shall be unlawful to import into, possess, purchase or sell within the state of Louisiana... any of the following species or its subspecies of live wild quadrupeds, big exotic cats, or non-human primates, domesticated or otherwise.
East Baton Rouge Parish sets no blanket ordinance banning backyard bird or squirrel feeding, but feeding that attracts nuisance or dangerous wildlife can be abated under Title 14 nuisance and sanitation rules. Louisiana bans feeding certain wild animals such as alligators.
East Baton Rouge Parish restricts livestock raising and keeping under Title 14, Chapter 2, Part II. Larger animals require substantial acreage and are effectively barred within recognized residential subdivisions; Louisiana's Right to Farm law protects established agricultural operations from nuisance suits.
East Baton Rouge Parish addresses hoarding through Title 14 nuisance, sanitation, and cruelty provisions rather than a numeric pet cap. Keeping animals in unsanitary or overcrowded conditions triggers enforcement and seizure, and Louisiana's cruelty statute (RS 14:102.1) can apply.
East Baton Rouge Parish does not set a fixed cap on the number of dogs or cats per household in its general pet rules, but every dog, cat, and ferret must be registered and rabies-vaccinated. Excessive animals creating a nuisance are enforced under Title 14.
EBRP City-Parish Code, Title 14 (Animals)
All dogs, cats and ferrets are required to be vaccinated against rabies at three (3) months initially by a licensed veterinarian only, on then on either an annual or a triennial (3-year) basis.
East Baton Rouge Parish requires all cats to be licensed and vaccinated against rabies annually, with a $50 fine for failing to do so. Altered cats pay a reduced license fee. Feral colonies are managed through a trap-neuter-return community cat program.
1 cities in East Baton Rouge Parish have their own animal ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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