Animal Ordinances in Florida (2026)

Florida Statutes Chapter 588 makes livestock owners liable for animals that stray onto public roads. Under section…

Boca Raton outright bans keeping chickens, turkeys, geese and other livestock or fowl anywhere within city limits, with…

Coral Gables bans keeping any livestock or domestic fowl, including chickens, ducks, roosters, and peacocks, anywhere…

Live fowl, including roosters, and other livestock are banned in Deerfield Beach's residential zones under City Code…

Fort Lauderdale bars keeping any animal in residential districts except common household pets, and the pet exception…

Hialeah bans keeping livestock, including chickens and other fowl, anywhere in the city except on property lawfully…

Hollywood bans keeping poultry, cattle and other domestic or wild animals citywide except as the Zoning Code separately…

Miami Beach bans keeping any horse, poultry, livestock or farm animal in any zoning district citywide, on any public or…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade's RU-1 single-family zoning district, the county's most common suburban zoning, keeping…

New Port Richey's Land Development Code bars raising or processing livestock anywhere in the city, since the only…

Okaloosa County makes it unlawful to keep chickens except in zoning districts where the Land Development Code…

Pompano Beach bans keeping chickens and livestock, including equine, bovine and swine animals, goats, sheep, mules…

Port St. Lucie bans keeping livestock or fowl, including chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese, anywhere in the city…

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-2 prohibits keeping any animal except dogs and cats unless it is non-dangerous and caged to prevent…

West Palm Beach outright prohibits keeping horses, cattle, mules, goats, sheep, swine, poultry or other livestock…

Brevard County bans horses, cattle, goats, pigs and other livestock outside agriculturally zoned land, but allows up to…

Unincorporated Broward County prohibits keeping horses, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, pigs, and poultry as pets in…

Cape Coral bans keeping livestock and poultry citywide under Code § 4-32, except on Residential Estate lots carrying…

Clearwater bans keeping fowl or livestock, including horses, cows, sheep, hogs and calves, on any property unless the…

Cocoa allows up to four permitted hens, no roosters, on single-family lots in the RU-1-7, RU-1-7a and RU-1-10 zoning…

Coral Springs bans horses, goats, hogs, chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock or fowl as pets citywide except in…

Daytona Beach's residential animal list in City Code § 14-12(c) covers dogs, cats, rabbits, geckos, birds and caged…

Fort Myers requires a permit to keep up to four backyard hens on single-family homestead-exempt lots; roosters, hogs…

Unincorporated Highlands County bans keeping hoofed animals, fowl or livestock of any number on land that isn't zoned…

Hillsborough County bans keeping livestock and other farm animals in residential zoning districts, with narrow…

Jupiter allows fowl raising, including poultry and egg production, and cattle raising as a matter of right only in the…

Lakeland bans keeping roosters anywhere in the city and requires other fowl to stay 50 feet, and cattle, horses or…

Martin County only allows noncommercial backyard poultry and other barnyard animals like pigs, goats, sheep and cows in…

Melbourne requires a city animal permit before keeping chickens, other fowl or livestock outside a residence. Sec…

Miramar bans livestock citywide except where the Land Development Code allows it, and that carve-out is narrow: it…

Orlando lets single-family homeowners keep up to four hens with a city-issued Backyard Chicken permit. Roosters, ducks…

Palm Coast allows backyard chickens only as an accessory use at an occupied single-family home in a residential zone…

Unincorporated Pinellas County limits farm animal keeping to R-A, R-E and R-R zoned lots of at least one-half acre…

Safety Harbor bars keeping cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, or poultry on any residential parcel under one and a…

Tallahassee bans keeping livestock or fowl inside city limits under Section 4-5, but carves out a hen exception…

Alachua County lets residents on unincorporated land keep poultry as an accessory use to a single-family home, no…

Charlotte County allows backyard chickens as a conditional 'domestic animal breeding, boarding and training' use only…

In unincorporated Citrus County, up to four hens (no roosters) may be kept as pets on any residential lot under LDC…

Collier County Code sec. 14-48 requires every livestock owner to build and maintain a fence strong enough to confine…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida allows up to six hens, no roosters, at a single-family home if they are fully enclosed…

Davie caps livestock, poultry, and rabbits by zoning district and lot size: up to 8 livestock (4 cattle/horses max) and…

Deltona requires a $25 city permit to keep backyard laying hens: up to ten birds on a half-acre-plus lot, five on…

Escambia County allows live chickens as a permitted accessory use at single-family homes countywide under the Land…

Unincorporated Flagler County confines commercial-scale poultry and livestock keeping to the AC Agriculture and AC-2…

Gainesville allows up to 10 Gallus Domesticus hens per single-family home in the SF, RC, U1, and U2 districts, but bans…

Gulfport allows up to ten hens per property but bans roosters outright. Livestock and other poultry stay banned…

Hernando County allows up to four hens in residential districts with an administrative permit: no roosters, ducks…

Homestead has a strong agricultural heritage, and livestock keeping is permitted on properties with appropriate zoning…

Jacksonville allows up to five hens per single-family lot with a Planning and Development Department permit, mandatory…

Kissimmee caps domestic fowl at three birds per property and requires a minimum one-acre lot to keep them, so most…

Letting livestock run loose or stray in unincorporated Lake County is a code violation, whether the animal wanders onto…

Largo lets single-family residents keep up to twelve hens for personal eggs, with no roosters and no breeding or…

Where you may keep horses, goats, sheep, swine and poultry in unincorporated Lee County is set by Land Development Code…

Leon County allows up to ten hens or ducks per home under Sec. 10-6.816(d)(1), kept in a rear-yard pen or coop for…

Residential lots in unincorporated Manatee County may keep up to four chickens; roosters are prohibited. Coops must sit…

Marion County's Land Development Code lets residents in residential zoning keep up to six chickens (hens only)…

Miami allows up to 15 hens and 30 growing chicks per property with a county health permit, but bans roosters entirely…

Land Development Code Section 22.01 lets landowners in the Open Rural (OR) zoning district keep farm animals and…

North Port allows up to four hens per 10,000 square feet of residential land, bans roosters and other livestock, and…

Orange County Zoning Code § 38-79(49) lets property owners in agricultural and residential districts of unincorporated…

Osceola County caps backyard flocks at six chickens per residence in non-agricultural zones inside the urban growth…

Palm Bay allows up to six hens per single-family lot in residential districts: no roosters, no breeding, and coops must…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, keeping horses, poultry, or livestock in a residential zoning district requires a…

Pasco County Ordinance 25-44 created Land Development Code Section 530.25, effective November 12, 2025, allowing…

Pembroke Pines caps backyard livestock at four grazing animals per 35,000 square feet and poultry at 25 birds per lot…

Unincorporated Polk County allows fowl, but on residential lots under 1/2 acre the Land Development Code requires fowl…

Port Orange caps backyard chicken keeping at five hens per lot under a citywide permit system limited to 30 active…

In unincorporated Santa Rosa County, poultry and livestock are permitted agricultural uses allowed in agriculturally…

Single-family homes in the City of Sarasota can keep up to four hens, no roosters, no egg sales, in a secure coop set…

Livestock is banned citywide in Satellite Beach, but single-family lots may keep up to four hens with a city permit…

St. Johns County lets homeowners keep up to five domestic hens as an accessory use in any residential zoning district…

St. Petersburg allows up to ten chickens or other fowl per property in a securely fenced coop no taller than six feet…

Unincorporated Sumter County lets residents keep farm and non-farm animals on agricultural and rural residential…

Tampa allows backyard chickens as an accessory residential use, hens only, no roosters, capped at one bird per 1,000…

Titusville allows up to four hens per single-family lot under Code Sec. 5-86(a)(5), but bars roosters, ducks, geese and…

Backyard chickens need a conditional use permit in Volusia County and are capped at five hens: no roosters, ducks…

Winter Haven allows backyard chickens as an accessory use in every zoning district under Unified Land Development Code…

Florida's Right to Farm Act bars St. Lucie County from adopting any ordinance that restricts a bona fide farm…

Alachua County requires owners to keep physical control of a dog anytime it's off the owner's property, it may not run…

Bay County prohibits animals from running at large off the owner's property. Under Section 4-43, an owner must restrain…

Boca Raton declares any dog or cat found running "at large," off the owner's property and unrestrained by leash, cord…

Boynton Beach requires every dog, cat, or household pet to stay confined to its owner's property or under restraint by…

Brevard County requires owners to keep dogs under leash, fence, or tether at all times; letting a dog run at large in…

Broward County bans dogs from roaming loose on any public street, sidewalk, park, or private property without the…

Charlotte County makes it a violation to let a dog stray or run at large on any public street, sidewalk or someone…

Citrus County bans letting any animal run at large on public streets, sidewalks, parks or someone else's private…

Clay County makes it unlawful for an owner to let any animal, dogs included, run at large on public or private…

Clearwater bans letting a dog, horse, cow or other pet wander on public streets or someone else's property, and…

In unincorporated Collier County, dogs may not run at large on any public street, sidewalk, public place, or another…

Coral Gables requires every dog off its owner's property to be on a leash no longer than eight feet, with narrow…

Coral Springs requires every dog to be on a leash no longer than ten feet, with the handler keeping control of it at…

Dade City's parks code bars dogs from running at large in city parks, requiring every dog allowed in a park to stay on…

Davie law makes it unlawful for a dog to run at large and requires every dog be secured by leash, chain, or within its…

Daytona Beach requires owners to keep dogs from leaving home unsupervised, either behind a secure fence, in a vehicle…

Dogs on Deerfield Beach public streets, parks, or in public places must be on a leash no longer than ten feet, under…

Deltona requires dogs off their owner's property to stay on a leash no longer than ten feet, and declares any animal at…

Doral bans animals running at large. City Code § 3-28 requires every dog and other animal, once off its owner's own…

Escambia County bans animals from roaming at large on any public or private property without the owner's consent, per…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, every dog must stay on its owner's property or be leashed and under direct…

Fort Lauderdale prohibits any animal from running at large and bans pets on the sandy public beach, parks and…

Fort Myers has no separate leash ordinance of its own: the city adopted the Lee County Animal Control Ordinance by…

Unincorporated Franklin County requires dogs off their owner's property to be under 'direct control,' defined in Code…

Gulfport requires every dog on public property, or on private property without the owner's consent, to be restrained by…

Hernando County requires every dog off its owner's property to be leashed and under direct control. Section 6-2 defines…

Hialeah bars owners from letting any animal roam 'at large,' meaning off the owner's premises or beyond the owner's…

In unincorporated Highlands County, every dog must wear a collar and leash whenever it is on a public street…

Hillsborough County bars dogs from running loose on streets, sidewalks, or parks and requires that a dog on public…

Hollywood requires dogs off their owner's property to be effectively restrained by a chain or leash no longer than…

Dogs in Homestead must be on a leash when in public spaces under Miami-Dade County Code Chapter 5. Leashes must be no…

Jacksonville bans letting a dog or other animal run at-large off its owner's property; the animal must stay under…

Dogs may not run at large in Jupiter; on any town street, road, or alley they must be held by a leash no longer than…

Kissimmee declares it a nuisance, and expressly prohibits, letting any domestic dog run at large within city limits…

Lake County defines 'at large' as any animal not under proper restraint or an owner's direct control, and letting a dog…

Largo prohibits any owner from letting a domestic, livestock or farm animal wander the public streets or trespass on…

Lee County requires animals to stay under direct control - a fence, or a leash no longer than eight feet, cord or chain…

Leon County makes it unlawful for any dog or cat to run loose on a street, park or other public place, or to be on…

In unincorporated Manatee County, no dog or cat may be at large on public property, streets, sidewalks, or another's…

In unincorporated Marion County it is unlawful to let any animal run at large on public streets, sidewalks, parks…

Martin County presumes it is unlawful for any animal to be off its owner's property without a chain, leash, or other…

Inside Melbourne's city parks, dogs and other domestic animals must stay on a leash no longer than 15 feet unless the…

Miami Beach requires animals off their owner's property to be leashed or in a carrier, with a narrow off-leash…

Miami-Dade Animal Services bans letting a dog run unrestrained or "at large" anywhere in the county, on public…

Miramar dogs cannot run loose on public property or on someone else's land without consent, and owners must keep…

In unincorporated Nassau County every dog must be kept under restraint at all times under Sec. 6-45, meaning secured by…

North Port doesn't write its own leash law. City Code § 10-31 adopts the Sarasota County Animal Control Ordinance by…

Okaloosa County prohibits any dog or cat from running at large off the owner's premises. Off the property, acceptable…

Orange County bans letting any dog or other domestic animal run loose off its owner's property, and separately…

Osceola County bans letting a dog or cat run at large on public or private property without consent, and requires every…

Dogs must be leashed or crated whenever off the owner's property in unincorporated Palm Beach County; loose dogs can be…

Palm Coast requires every animal off its owner's property to stay under restraint at all times, and Sec. 8-31(f) caps…

Pasco County Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-97 makes it unlawful to let a dog roam, wander, or run at large on any public…

Pembroke Pines Code § 91.15(B) declares dogs at large a public nuisance and bars letting any dog stray onto a public…

No dog or cat may run at-large anywhere in Pinellas County, incorporated or unincorporated, and owners are liable even…

Plantation prohibits any dog from being at large. Off your own property a dog must be on a leash, cord, chain or other…

In unincorporated Polk County, dogs may not run at large. Off the owner's property a dog must be leashed or under the…

Pompano Beach requires every dog to be on a leash, within its owner's physical presence, or confined behind a fence…

Port Orange requires owners to keep an animal on their own property, physically controlled by a leash no more than…

Port St. Lucie makes it unlawful under Code § 92.03 to let any animal run at large or sit outside your home without…

In designated direct-control areas of unincorporated Santa Rosa County, dogs off their owner's premises must be under…

City of Sarasota park rules require every dog to stay on a leash no longer than twenty-six feet at all times, with…

In unincorporated Sarasota County, dogs and cats cannot run loose on public streets, other people's property, or…

In the City of Satellite Beach, dogs on the beach must be leashed at all times under a 7-foot maximum leash, harness or…

Seminole County requires every dog to be on a leash whenever it leaves the owner's property, and Section 20.17(b)…

St. Lucie County makes it unlawful for any owner to let an animal off the owner's private property unless it is under…

St. Petersburg bars dogs from running loose on another person's property without permission and caps park leashes at…

Sumter County Code § 4-10 bans letting a dog or cat stray or run at large on any public street, sidewalk, or another…

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-26 requires dogs off the owner's property to be on a leash no longer than 6 feet or under immediate…

Tallahassee requires every dog to be under its owner's direct control at all times, on or off the owner's property…

Tampa makes it unlawful for any owner to let an animal "run at large" on public property, unenclosed land, or someone…

Titusville Code Sec. 5-69 makes it unlawful for any owner to let a dog or other animal run at large off its own…

Volusia County requires every animal off its owner's property to stay under restraint at all times, and dogs visiting…

West Palm Beach requires dogs to be on a leash in every public park and public right-of-way. City Code § 14-31 lets…

Winter Haven Code of Ordinances Section 4-26 requires every dog to be kept under restraint at all times, defined as…

Zephyrhills requires pets to be leashed and under complete control in public areas (City Ordinance #649). Pets are not…

Miami's general at-large ordinance (Sec. 6-2) explicitly exempts dogs and cats, so the city has no citywide leash…

Miami-Dade County, including Homestead, bans pit bull-type dogs under County Code Section 5-17.1. This is one of the…

St. Lucie County adopts Florida's dangerous-dog law by reference and runs its own classification, hearing and…

Alachua County has no breed-specific dog rules; instead it classifies individual dogs as "dangerous" or "aggressive"…

Citrus County has no breed-specific dog ban; instead, Sec. 14-45 lets Animal Services and the Sheriff's Office classify…

Clay County classifies dogs as aggressive or dangerous based on documented bites or attacks under section 4-34, not on…

Collier County incorporates Florida's dangerous dog statute (F.S. ch. 767) wholesale, then adds its own investigation…

Coral Gables requires owners of pit bulls and related breeds to obtain an annual license from the finance department…

Coral Springs doesn't ban dogs by breed; instead, City Code § 4-18 lets the police department classify any individual…

Davie has no breed-specific dog ban; instead § 4-64 lets authorities declare an individual dog "dangerous" based on…

Florida law bars Escambia County from regulating dogs by breed: F.S. Sec. 767.14 says no local ordinance addressing…

Flagler County has no breed ban; Florida law preempts breed-specific ordinances, so a dog is regulated on behavior, not…

Highlands County does not restrict dogs by breed. Instead, under Code section 4.5-28, Animal Control investigates any…

Hillsborough County has no breed-based dog ban. Instead, Code of Ordinances Part A Sec. 6-27 adopts Florida's dangerous…

Hollywood does not single out any breed. Code of Ordinances § 92.18 instead lets an animal control officer or law…

Jacksonville does not regulate dogs by breed. Ordinance Code Part 4 (Sec. 462.401-462.412) lets Animal Care and…

Leon County has no breed ban; instead it classifies individual animals as dangerous by behavior, not breed, after a…

Manatee County has no breed-specific ban; Florida law preempts that. Instead, Sec. 2-4-10 lets Animal Services declare…

Martin County has no breed ban: dogs are declared dangerous only for proven biting, attacking, or fighting behavior…

Osceola County has no breed-specific ban; instead, Code § 4-36 lets Animal Services classify any individual dog as…

Palm Coast has no breed-specific ban; instead Sec. 8-28 classifies a dog as 'dangerous' only for what it has done, such…

Florida law bars any Polk County ordinance from singling out a dog by breed, weight or size, so there is no pit bull or…

Sarasota County declares a dog or other animal Vicious based on its conduct, not its breed: aggressive bites, repeated…

Seminole County has no breed-specific ban: Section 20.01 defines a dangerous dog by what an individual animal has done…

Sumter County has no breed-specific ban. Instead, Sec. 4-8 lets the county administrator declare any individual dog…

Titusville does not regulate dogs by breed; instead Code Sec. 5-67 lets the county animal control supervisor declare…

Volusia County does not ban dog breeds but imposes a heavy registration scheme on any dog classified dangerous under…

Florida law bars Boynton Beach from passing breed-, weight-, or size-specific dog ordinances, but the City can still…

Brevard County does not regulate dogs by breed. Florida law bars that statewide. Instead, county code classifies…

Clearwater cannot restrict dogs by breed under Florida Statute 767.14 as amended in 2023, but enforces individual…

Deerfield Beach does not target specific breeds. Instead City Code Sec. 10-8 bans letting a vicious dog onto public…

Florida bars counties from banning or restricting dogs by breed, weight, or size: Fla. Stat. § 767.14 lets Lake County…

Largo does not impose breed-specific restrictions and follows Florida Statute 767.14 and Pinellas County dangerous dog…

Lee County’s animal chapter names no banned breed. It regulates individual animals by behavior: the animal services…

Miami Beach does not run its own dangerous-dog or breed program; City Code Sec. 10-3(e) adopts Article II of Miami-Dade…

Miramar does not ban any breed by name; a dog is declared dangerous based on what it actually does, not what it is. A…

Nassau County does not restrict any dog breed by name; instead Sec. 6-47 adopts Florida's dangerous-dog statutes and…

Santa Rosa County has no breed-specific dog ban. Florida law (SB 942, effective Oct. 1, 2023) prohibits local…

No breed bans allowed in Apopka. FL Statute 767.14 preempts local breed-specific legislation statewide. Dangerous dog…

Breed-specific dog bans are prohibited in Florida, so Bay County cannot outlaw any breed. Section 767.14 lets local…

Boca Raton does not have breed-specific legislation banning particular dog breeds. Florida state law (F.S. 767.14)…

FL 767.14 (SB 942, effective October 1, 2023) preempts local breed-specific legislation. Broward County cannot ban any…

Breed-specific dog bans are prohibited in Florida. Section 767.14 lets local governments regulate dangerous dogs but…

Daytona Beach cannot enact breed-specific legislation. Florida law (FL §767.14) preempts all local breed bans…

Deltona cannot enact breed-specific legislation. Florida law (FL §767.14) preempts all local breed bans statewide. Dogs…

Doral follows the countywide pit bull ban repeal (October 2023). FL section 767.14 preempts breed-specific legislation…

Fort Lauderdale has no breed-specific dog ban. Its only dangerous-dog rule (Sec. 6-33) targets behavior, not breed, and…

Gainesville's animal chapter regulates dogs by behavior, not by breed. Nothing in the city code restricts a breed…

Breed-specific dog bans are prohibited in Florida. Section 767.14 lets local governments regulate dangerous dogs but…

Breed-specific dog bans are prohibited in Florida. Section 767.14 lets local governments regulate dangerous dogs but…

No breed restrictions exist in Jupiter. FL Statute 767.14 preempts all breed-specific legislation statewide, so pit…

Florida PREEMPTS breed-specific legislation statewide under FL §767.14. No city can ban specific dog breeds. Dangerous…

Marion County does not ban or restrict any dog breed. Florida law (F.S. 767.14) bars local governments from regulating…

Florida Statute Section 767.14 preempts all breed-specific legislation statewide. Melbourne cannot enact breed bans or…

Miami Gardens follows the countywide pit bull ban repeal (October 2023). FL section 767.14 preempts breed-specific…

Miami-Dade County's 1989 pit bull ban was repealed effective October 1, 2023 by state law. Florida now preempts all…

Ocoee cannot restrict dogs by breed. FL §767.14 preempts all breed-specific legislation statewide. Dangerous dog…

Florida preempts breed-specific dog bans, so Okaloosa County cannot outlaw any breed. Section 767.14 bars local rules…

Orange County has NO breed-specific legislation. FL Statute 767.14 preempts all local breed bans statewide. Dangerous…

Orlando does not impose breed-specific bans on dogs. Florida Statute 767.14, as amended by SB 942 in 2023, prohibits…

Ormond Beach cannot enact breed-specific legislation. Florida law (FL §767.14) preempts all local breed bans statewide…

Florida Statute Section 767.14 preempts all breed-specific legislation statewide. Palm Bay and Brevard County cannot…

Palm Beach County has no breed-specific restrictions. FL Statute §767.14 preempts all local breed bans statewide…

Pasco County has no breed-specific dog ban. Florida Statute Sec. 767.14 prohibits local governments from adopting any…

Pembroke Pines does not impose breed-specific legislation. Florida Statute 767.14 preempts local breed-specific bans…

Pinellas County does not impose breed-specific restrictions; Florida Statute 767.14 preempts local breed, weight, and…

Pinellas Park cannot adopt breed-specific dog regulations. Florida Statute 767.14, amended in 2023, preempts local…

Plant City has no breed-specific legislation. Florida Statute 767.14 preempts all local breed bans statewide. Dogs are…

Plantation regulates dogs by behavior, not by breed. Chapter 4, Article II classifies a dog as dangerous only for…

Pompano Beach does not impose breed-specific dog restrictions. Effective October 1, 2023, FL SB 942 prohibits local…

Port Orange cannot enact breed-specific legislation. Florida law (FL §767.14) preempts all local breed bans statewide…

Port St. Lucie's animal chapter classifies dangerous dogs by what a dog has done, not by breed. The Sec. 92.01…

Florida Statute 767.14 preempts breed-specific dog regulations statewide. Safety Harbor cannot ban or restrict any dog…

Florida state law preempts breed-specific dog regulations. Under FS 767.14, Seminole cannot enact breed bans. The city…

St. Petersburg cannot restrict dogs based on breed under Florida Statute 767.14 as amended in 2023, but the city still…

Sunrise has no dog breed ban. Its former pit bull ordinance was repealed November 14, 2023, matching Florida's…

Tallahassee's animal chapter regulates dogs by behavior, and no breed-specific provision appears anywhere in it. A dog…

Tampa does not impose breed-specific dog bans. Under Florida Statute 767.14, as amended in 2023, local governments are…

Florida Statute 767.14, as amended by SB 942 effective October 1, 2023, prohibits any local government from regulating…

No breed-specific restrictions are allowed in Temple Terrace. FL 767.14 preempts breed bans statewide, and Miami-Dades…

No breed-specific bans in West Palm Beach. FL §767.14 preempts all local breed-specific legislation statewide. Pit…

Zephyrhills cannot enforce breed-specific legislation. Florida Statute §767.14 preempts all local breed-specific dog…

Florida law requires every beekeeper to register their honeybee colonies with the Department of Agriculture and…

Beekeeping is lawful throughout Bay County, and Florida preempts local hive bans. Section 586.10 gives the state…

Boca Raton allows beekeeping subject to Florida Department of Agriculture regulations. Beekeepers must register with…

Section 62-2108 makes it unlawful to keep bees on premises not zoned for agricultural use. Beekeeping is listed as a…

Beekeeping is lawful throughout Charlotte County, and Florida preempts local bans. Section 586.10 gives the state…

Collier County cannot regulate or ban backyard beekeeping. Under Florida Statute 586.10, authority over managed…

Beekeeping in Coral Gables is governed by Florida Statute Section 586 and Miami-Dade County regulations. State law…

Beekeeping in Coral Springs is governed by Florida Statute 586 which preempts local regulation of managed bee colonies…

Escambia County cannot ban or restrict registered honeybee colonies. Florida Statute 586.10 preempts beekeeping…

Fort Lauderdale allows beekeeping but Sec. 6-12 requires beekeepers to control the bees' flight path so it does not…

Beekeeping is lawful throughout Hernando County, and Florida preempts local bans. Section 586.10 gives the state…

Beekeeping is lawful throughout Indian River County, and Florida preempts local bans. Section 586.10 gives the state…

Lakeland may allow residential beekeeping with hive limits and setbacks. FL Dept. of Agriculture regulates apiaries…

Beekeeping in Melbourne is regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Registration is…

Beekeeping in Miami Beach is governed by Florida Statute 586, which preempts local governments from prohibiting…

Beekeeping in Miami Gardens is governed by Florida Statutes Chapter 586 (Apiary Inspection) and Miami-Dade County…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade caps residential beekeeping in the EU-1 Estate zoning district at five hives, each set back…

Miramar lets residents keep bees but the Land Development Code layers two hard local numbers onto the state beekeeping…

Palm Bay allows beekeeping on residential properties with registration through the Florida Department of Agriculture…

Beekeeping in Pembroke Pines is regulated under Florida's Beekeeping Act (F.S. 586). Beekeepers must register with the…

Plantation's zoning code treats beekeeping as an agricultural activity tied to RS-1EP land and the Plantation Acres…

Polk County cannot ban or set setbacks for registered honeybee colonies. Florida Statute 586.10 preempts all beekeeping…

Santa Rosa County cannot regulate registered honeybee colonies. Florida law (FS 586.10) preempts beekeeping regulation…

Seminole County cannot regulate registered honeybee colonies. Florida Statute 586.10 preempts beekeeping regulation to…

St. Lucie County cannot ban or zone honeybee colonies. Florida preempts beekeeping regulation to the state; hobbyist…

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-2 permits only dogs, cats, and caged non-dangerous animals in the city, leaving little room for…

Beekeeping in Titusville is regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Registration is…

Hillsborough County bans keeping animals other than household pets in residential zoning districts, but LDC §…

Leon County's urban-agriculture code allows honeybee colonies on community gardens and urban farms under Sec…

Martin County does not license or restrict ordinary backyard beekeeping by zoning, but Sec. 67.106 makes it unlawful to…

Winter Haven allows beekeeping as a limited agricultural use in its RE, Residential Estate zoning district under the…

Beekeeping is allowed in Boynton Beach under FL §586.10 state preemption. Cities cannot ban honeybee colonies. FDACS…

Beekeeping is protected by FL 586.10, which preempts local bans. Broward County cannot prohibit beekeeping. Hives must…

FL §586.10 preempts local bans on beekeeping. Cape Coral cannot prohibit beekeeping. FDACS annual hive registration…

Beekeeping in Clearwater is governed by Florida Statute 586, which preempts most local regulation; registered hives are…

Beekeeping is permitted in Dade City under Florida state preemption (FL §586). Beekeepers must register with FDACS and…

Beekeeping in Daytona Beach is governed by Florida state law (FL §586). The Florida Department of Agriculture preempts…

Beekeeping is legal in Delray Beach under Florida Statute §586.10 preemption. Cities cannot ban beekeeping. FDACS…

Beekeeping in Deltona is governed by Florida state law (FL §586). FDACS preempts local bans on beekeeping except HOA…

Beekeeping in Doral is governed primarily by Florida state law, which preempts most local regulation of managed…

Florida law strips Hialeah of any power to regulate backyard beekeeping. F.S. § 586.10(1) preempts 'the authority to…

Florida encourages beekeeping under FL Statute Section 586 and the Florida Bee Act. Homestead beekeepers must register…

Beekeeping is protected statewide under FL Statute 586.10 which preempts local bans. Jupiter residents may keep hives…

Florida Statute 586.10 preempts local regulation of managed honeybee colonies to the state, so Largo cannot ban or zone…

Beekeeping is permitted in New Port Richey under Florida state preemption. Florida Statute §586 allows managed honey…

Beekeeping in North Miami is governed by Florida Statute 586, which preempts local governments from prohibiting…

Beekeeping is allowed in Ocoee under FL §586.10 state preemption. Cities cannot prohibit residential beekeeping. FDACS…

Beekeeping in unincorporated Okaloosa County runs on state law, not county rule. Fla. Stat. § 586.10 preempts local…

Beekeeping is allowed throughout unincorporated Orange County under FL Statute 586.10, which preempts all local bans…

Orlando follows Florida state law on beekeeping under Florida Statute 586.10, which preempts local restrictions on…

Beekeeping in Ormond Beach is governed by Florida state law (FL §586). FDACS preempts local bans on beekeeping except…

Beekeeping is allowed countywide under FL §586.10, which preempts local bans. Hives must be registered annually with…

Beekeeping is permitted in unincorporated Pasco County under Florida state preemption (FL §586). Beekeepers must…

Beekeeping in Pinellas County is preempted to the state under Florida Statute 586.10, which gives FDACS exclusive…

Beekeeping in Pinellas Park is governed by Florida law, not local ordinance. FS 586.10 preempts municipal regulation of…

Beekeeping allowed under FL §586.10 state preemption. Cities cannot ban beekeeping. FDACS registration required…

Beekeeping in Port Orange is governed by Florida state law (FL §586). FDACS preempts local bans on beekeeping except…

Port St. Lucie's code treats bee keeping as a zoning use, not an animal-control matter. It is listed as a permitted use…

Florida Statute 586.10 preempts local regulation of registered managed honeybee colonies. Safety Harbor cannot ban…

Beekeeping in St. Petersburg is preempted by Florida Statute 586 and FDACS rules, allowing residential hives that…

Tampa beekeeping is governed primarily by Florida Statute 586.10, which preempts most local regulation of managed honey…

Beekeeping in Volusia County is governed by Florida state law (FL §586). FDACS preempts local bans. Registration is…

Beekeeping is allowed in West Palm Beach under FL §586.10 state preemption. Cities cannot ban beekeeping. Annual…

Beekeeping is allowed in Winter Park under FL Statute 586.10, which preempts local bans on managed honeybee colonies…

Beekeeping is permitted in Zephyrhills under Florida state preemption (FL §586). Beekeepers must register with FDACS…

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) regulates exotic and captive wildlife statewide. Possession of…

Florida bars keeping captive wildlife without a state permit. Section 379.3762 makes it unlawful to possess any…

Boynton Beach makes it unlawful to keep, harbor, or maintain any exotic or wild animal anywhere in the City. There is…

Cape Coral Code § 4-32 bans keeping, raising or maintaining any wild or exotic animal anywhere in the city, improved or…

Florida bars keeping captive wildlife without a state permit. Section 379.3762 makes it unlawful to possess any…

Clearwater outright bans keeping any animal that is wild and untamed by nature, along with bees and reptiles, anywhere…

Cocoa's city code makes it unlawful to keep, maintain, breed or possess any non-domestic animal anywhere within city…

Coral Springs bars releasing or keeping wild, untamed, non-native or rabies-risk animals under City Code § 4-2(a), and…

The Town of Davie prohibits keeping, harboring, or maintaining any wild, untamed, non-domesticated animal, reptile, or…

Deerfield Beach bans keeping any wild animal within city limits under City Code Sec. 10-4(c), unless federal or state…

Deltona prohibits keeping any dangerous animal or venomous reptile as a pet citywide, with narrow exceptions for…

Fort Lauderdale bans keeping any wild or vicious animal as a pet anywhere in the city. Code section 6-13 also bars…

Gulfport bans keeping any dangerous or carnivorous wild animal, venomous reptile, or vicious domesticated animal inside…

Florida bars keeping captive wildlife without a state permit. Section 379.3762 makes it unlawful to possess any…

Hialeah bans keeping any wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal as a pet, from predatory mammals to reptiles and game…

Florida bars keeping captive wildlife without a state permit. Section 379.3762 makes it unlawful to possess any…

Leon County bans keeping any potential rabies-carrier wild animal as a personal pet. A narrow grandfather clause lets…

Miami Beach bans keeping any animal or vermin whose natural actions or presence are harmful to public health or…

In unincorporated Nassau County, keeping a wild or vicious animal as a pet is illegal outright. County Code Section…

Plantation has its own wild-animal rule. Section 4-12 makes it unlawful to own or harbor any wild animal in the city…

Sarasota County has banned possessing any wild animal, for sale or otherwise, unless it was born and raised in…

St. Petersburg outlaws keeping any poisonous reptile, dangerous or carnivorous wild animal, or vicious domesticated…

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-2 bans any animal with vicious or dangerous propensities and allows other non-dog, non-cat species…

Unincorporated Brevard requires a conditional use permit and acreage minimums before anyone may keep Class I or Class…

Broward County bans owning or harboring any wild animal as a pet unless the owner holds the required state wildlife…

Keeping any wild animal in Coral Gables is unlawful unless the city manager grants a permit, and the code presumes…

Unincorporated Flagler County does not ban owning an exotic animal outright, but any noncommon household pet or…

Unincorporated Highlands County bars keeping non-domestic carnivores, poisonous arachnids and reptiles, crocodilians…

Homestead makes it unlawful to keep any wild animal or reptile inside the city unless the owner is already in…

Melbourne lets residents keep certain nondomestic animals as pets even in zoning districts that would otherwise bar…

Miami-Dade County bans possessing, maintaining, or controlling any wild animal, bird, reptile, or fur-bearing creature…

Keeping a wild animal as a pet in Miramar requires the state permit that species requires under Florida wildlife rules…

Okaloosa County's accessory-use rules only cover ordinary household pets: the Land Development Code defines "pet" to…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, keeping a dangerous or FWC Class 1 or 2 animal requires Board of County…

Palm Coast makes it unlawful to possess any wild animal, bird, freshwater organism, marine life, fur-bearing animal or…

Port St. Lucie Code § 92.05(a) bars permanently housing any "captive wildlife" animal in the city unless the owner…

Sumter County requires every exotic animal, and every wolf or coyote hybrid that doesn't qualify as FWC Class II…

Titusville Code Sec. 5-86 bars keeping horses, hogs, cattle, chickens or any other farm animal, and any domestic animal…

Volusia County does not ban keeping exotic species outright, but Sec. 14-62(i) requires any exotic invasive animal…

Winter Haven bars any household or business from breeding or keeping a wild animal or poisonous reptile that poses a…

Collier County Code sec. 14-42 makes it unlawful to keep a wild animal unless you are licensed by the Florida Fish and…

Daytona Beach caps residential pet ownership to a fixed list of species and counts. City Code Sec. 14-12 allows only…

Escambia County Code defines 'wild animal' broadly and excludes ordinary domestic pets. Keeping true exotic or wild…

Jupiter's animal code does not treat wild animals as household pets: Sec. 5-1 excludes any animal the state Fish and…

Lake County prohibits owning wildlife hybrids of the dog or cat family without a state permit (Code Sec. 4-30). Truly…

Lee County's Land Development Code, not just the state, controls exotic pets. Keeping, raising or breeding Class I or…

Santa Rosa County defers to Florida law. The state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) classifies captive…

Seminole County defines dangerous animals as non-domesticated species that pose a hazard by nature, training or size…

Pembroke Pines does not ban owning a wild or exotic animal outright. Section 91.04 instead makes it unlawful to use a…

Tampa does not ban wild or exotic animals as pets outright. Sec. 27-282.27(c) permits keeping them in the city…

Florida law prohibits intentional feeding of black bears, alligators, crocodiles, sandhill cranes, foxes, raccoons, and…

Feeding alligators, bears, sandhill cranes, and foxes is prohibited under FL Statute 379.412. Apopka borders Lake…

Feeding alligators, sandhill cranes, bears, foxes, raccoons, and sea turtles is prohibited under FL §379 and FWC rules…

Broward County bans feeding wildlife in any county park area under the parks and recreation code's nuisance provisions…

Clay County Code § 15-3.3(b)(2) makes it unlawful to feed, cause to be fed, or leave foodstuffs for any animal, deer…

Clearwater enforces Florida Statute 379.412 and FWC rules under Chapter 68A-4 prohibiting feeding of bears, alligators…

Feeding or trying to pet wildlife is banned outright on Collier County's managed preserve lands under Sec…

Coral Gables explicitly prohibits feeding pigeons and wildlife under Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances. It is…

Feeding alligators, bears, foxes, raccoons, and sandhill cranes is illegal under FL §379.412 and FWC Rule 68A-4.001…

Feeding alligators, sandhill cranes, and most wildlife is illegal under FL Statute 379.412. Jupiter has heavy sea…

Lee County bans giving food, tobacco, alcohol or any noxious substance to wild animals anywhere in a County park, and…

Manatee County bans feeding wildlife in every county park and preserve. Sec. 2-24-3(3) lumps feeding in with hunting…

Feeding wildlife including alligators, bears, sandhill cranes, and raccoons is prohibited under FL §379.412 and…

Florida law strictly prohibits feeding alligators, crocodiles, bears, sandhill cranes, raccoons, and foxes. Under…

Florida law prohibits feeding alligators, bears, sandhill cranes, and foxes under FL §379.412 and FWC rules. Pasco…

Feeding wildlife, especially alligators, bears, sandhill cranes, and raccoons, is illegal under Florida Statute 379.412…

Polk County Code Sec. 10.6-16(9)a bans feeding, molesting, harming, trapping, or killing wildlife in any county park…

In city parks, Port St. Lucie bans giving food to any animal or bird, and bans hunting, trapping or disturbing…

Florida Statute 379.412 and FWC rules prohibit the intentional feeding of wild alligators, crocodiles, bears, foxes…

Feeding wildlife is illegal under FL §379.412 and PBC Code. Particularly enforced for alligators, raccoons, and…

Coral Springs bans feeding raccoons, foxes, opossums, ducks, and other wild animals under City Code § 4-20, and the ban…

Miami-Dade County's Parks Rule 10(c) strictly forbids feeding any exotic or native animal inside a County park or in…

Okaloosa County bans feeding birds on public beaches and waterfront parks in South Okaloosa County under Section 5-45…

Feeding any exotic or native animal in a Palm Beach County park is strictly forbidden unless the Parks and Recreation…

Palm Coast makes it unlawful to feed any animal, wild or domestic, in a City Park unless a City rule or permit…

Seminole County bans intentionally or unintentionally feeding bears anywhere in the county, public or private property…

Feeding or harboring an unsterilized, unvaccinated feral cat or dog is unlawful in Tallahassee under Section 4-105 of…

Alachua County bans feeding or petting wild animals anywhere on county park property under Park Rules § 76.3(3). The…

Brevard County's own code has no blanket ban on feeding wildlife. Section 14-57(f) makes it unlawful to feed any…

Town of Davie code bars residents from feeding or maintaining wildlife on their property in Broward County whenever…

Deerfield Beach bans feeding wild birds on its ocean-side beachfront under Sec. 10-13 and bans feeding marine wildlife…

Doral restricts feeding of wildlife, particularly species that cause nuisance issues such as iguanas, muscovy ducks…

Feeding wild animals is restricted statewide by Florida FWC rules. It is illegal to intentionally feed bears…

Flagler County bans feeding any wildlife on county-owned land without prior approval. The rule sits alongside bans on…

Sec. 6-15 makes it unlawful to feed, or fail to prevent the unintentional feeding of, high-risk rabies-vector wildlife…

Gainesville's only animal-feeding rule sits in the parks chapter: you may not feed any animal in a city park without…

Hialeah prohibits feeding wildlife that creates public nuisances, particularly feral cats, iguanas, and waterfowl. The…

Highlands County does not ban feeding wildlife generally, but Code § 4.5-5 bars anyone other than the property owner…

Hollywood bans feeding ducks or pigeons in a way that creates a public nuisance, defined under § 92.06 to include…

Feeding wildlife in Homestead is discouraged and may violate city nuisance ordinances. Feeding alligators is illegal…

Intentionally feeding bears, or leaving food or garbage that attracts them, is prohibited statewide by FWC rule (FAC…

Florida Statute 379.412 prohibits intentionally feeding or attracting wildlife where it creates a public safety risk…

Leon County discourages and fines residents who feed feral cats and dogs in the unincorporated county. Feeding is…

Martin County makes it unlawful to give food, tobacco, alcohol, or other substances to any wild animal in a County…

Miami prohibits vessel owners and guests from feeding or leaving food for wildlife, including birds and manatees, at…

Osceola County bars leaving pet or community-cat food outside after dark because it can attract wildlife capable of…

Pembroke Pines discourages feeding of free-roaming wildlife through general nuisance and animal control provisions in…

Pinellas County does not have a blanket wildlife-feeding ban, but state law and FWC rules prohibit feeding alligators…

Pinellas County Code Section 14-30 prohibits feeding wild animals in a way that creates a public nuisance throughout…

Pompano Beach Section 90.27 addresses feeding of free-roaming domestic animals. Feeding wildlife that creates nuisance…

Port Orange regulates outdoor feeding of stray, feral, and community cats and dogs. Feeding on someone else's property…

Feeding alligators, bears, sandhill cranes, foxes, raccoons, and pelicans is prohibited under Florida law. Pinellas…

Feeding wildlife in Seminole is restricted under Florida Fish and Wildlife rules and local nuisance code. Feeding…

Florida law, not a separate county ordinance, sets the penalty for feeding wildlife or freshwater fish in St. Lucie…

Feeding wildlife that creates a public nuisance is prohibited in St. Petersburg, and Florida FAC 68A-4.001 bans feeding…

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-6 makes it unlawful to feed wild ducks except within 15 feet of a canal, lake, or waterway…

Volusia County and FWC prohibit feeding bears, alligators, sandhill cranes, pelicans, and foxes. FL §379.412 bans…

Daytona Beach bans feeding pigeons only when doing so creates a public nuisance. City Code Sec. 14-21 defines the…

Florida has no standalone hoarding statute; hoarders are prosecuted under Fla. Stat. 828.13 for confining animals…

Clearwater enforces Chapter 8 sanitation and cruelty rules with Florida Statute 828.12 to address animal hoarding…

Largo enforces Florida Statute 828.12 prohibiting animal cruelty and the 2017 hoarding amendments, with Pinellas County…

Safety Harbor enforces Chapter 4 sanitation and number limits along with Florida Statute 828 cruelty laws. Excessive…

Tallahassee names no number cap, but section 4-10(c) forbids keeping more animals at your property than can be properly…

Tarpon Springs addresses hoarding through Chapter 4 sanitation and number-of-animals provisions, with cruelty and…

Broward County's Animal Care Ordinance bans hoarding of dogs or cats and deems it animal cruelty, enforced countywide…

Homestead doesn't print its own numeric dog limit; instead Sec. 4-90 adopts Miami-Dade County's Chapter 5 definition of…

Kissimmee residential properties may keep up to five dogs and/or cats over four months old without a permit; keeping…

Leon County sets no blanket pet cap, but after two convictions for at-large, tethering, or rabies violations, owners…

Boca Raton caps household pets at 4 dogs and cats combined per dwelling unit, counting every animal kept by everyone…

Cocoa doesn't cap pets at a fixed household number, but its zoning-based kennel rule does the same job: keeping five or…

Collier County Code sets no fixed numeric limit on household dogs or cats. Instead, keeping animals commercially…

Coral Springs caps most households at three dogs and three cats under City Code § 4-2(b), not counting puppies or…

Davie's animal-cruelty ordinance expressly lists hoarding animals as a violation, alongside starving an animal, failing…

Daytona Beach caps household pets at four adult dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs or ferrets per residential dwelling…

Deerfield Beach caps domesticated household pets at six total per premises under City Code Sec. 10-4(b). A litter of…

Deltona limits residential parcels to five dogs and cats combined, rising to ten on parcels of two acres or more, with…

Doral caps how many pets one property can hold. City Code § 3-29 makes it unlawful to keep more than ten domestic…

Escambia County has no separate 'hoarding' ordinance, but keeping animals without adequate food, water, air, and…

Fort Lauderdale sets no flat numeric limit on household dogs or cats, but Sec. 6-34 defines four or more dogs or cats…

Jupiter Town Code caps household pets at five per lot, counting any combination of dogs, cats and other pets older than…

Lee County's animal chapter sets no fixed number of dogs or cats per home. Instead it makes it unlawful to keep animals…

Manatee County sets no fixed cap on the number of dogs or cats a household may own. Six or more adult animals kept for…

Marion County's animal code does not cap ordinary household pet numbers, but anyone who owns, harbors, or keeps more…

Melbourne's zoning code sets no flat number for how many dogs or cats a household may keep, but the moment a property…

Keeping more than four dogs on a small residential lot in Miami (six on one-to-two acres, eight on two-plus acres)…

Miami Beach caps households at ten domestic animals total, with no more than four dogs among them, though licensed pet…

Animal hoarding in Miami Gardens is addressed through the city's animal control ordinances and Miami-Dade County Animal…

Miami-Dade County caps dogs six months or older at 4 on lots under an acre, 6 on 1-2 acre lots, and 8 on lots of 2+…

Unincorporated Osceola County caps ordinary households at twelve domesticated animals total, with no more than four…

Palm Bay caps residential dog ownership at four dogs per dwelling unit in most zoning districts, with a grandfathered…

Palm Beach County caps how many dogs and cats a household may keep before extra acreage or a special permit is required…

On a typical Pasco County single-family residential lot (5,000 sq ft up to 22,000 sq ft), the Land Development Code…

Pinellas Park limits the keeping of multiple animals through nuisance and sanitation provisions in Chapter 5. Hoarding…

Plantation caps most residential lots at three dogs or other common domestic household animals over six months old. The…

Pompano Beach caps households at four dogs or four cats, or four in combination, under City Code § 90.18. The city…

Port Orange caps common household pets at 14 per residential dwelling unit under City Code § 10-12(c): no more than…

Two sections govern. Zoning Code Sec. 158.229 caps domestic animals at five in residential zoning districts, with…

Santa Rosa County has no separate hoarding ordinance, but animals kept in such numbers or manner as to create offensive…

Unincorporated St. Johns County caps household pets over ten weeks old at five per residential lot. Keeping more…

St. Petersburg caps household pets at five adult-dog-equivalents at a single-family residence and three at a…

Unincorporated Volusia County caps how many dogs and cats over six months old a household can keep: five on a lot of…

Winter Haven caps household pets at four dogs or cats six months or older per residential dwelling unit under Unified…

Lake County has no numeric cap on how many pets you can keep at home, but once you cross into rescue-group, breeder…

Palm Coast sets no flat cap on how many dogs or cats a household may own, but Sec. 8-28 classifies keeping more than…

Tampa's zoning code sets no numeric cap on the dogs, cats or other domestic pets a household may keep. Sec…

Okaloosa County lets registered nonprofits maintain feral cat colonies on private property under a documented…

Pompano Beach allows registered caregivers to feed and manage free-roaming 'community cats' under Code of Ordinances §…

Cats aren't allowed on any City of Sarasota public beach or on Lido Key park property, and must otherwise be kept under…

Alachua County Code § 72.25 makes sterilize-ear tip-vaccinate-return the county's preferred response to outdoor…

Brevard County requires every cat to carry a rabies vaccination and county registration tag, but sterilized…

Cats four months and older must be registered with a rabies tag countywide, but Broward has no leash or at-large law…

Charlotte County requires every cat four months or older to carry a current rabies vaccination and county license tag…

Citrus County bans letting an unsterilized cat three months or older remain outdoors, and separately requires a cat or…

Cats over four months old must be licensed and rabies-vaccinated (sec. 14-33). Under sec. 14-35(1)(K), any cat that is…

Coral Gables requires every unconfined cat to wear a bell and caps households at four adult cats, with violations…

Cats in Daytona Beach must be vaccinated against rabies every year and wear a city license tag, the same as dogs, under…

Escambia County lets residents feed and manage community cats outdoors, but Code Sec. 10-26 limits general feeding to…

Unincorporated Franklin County does not license cats, but its Animal Control Ordinance regulates them in two ways…

Article IV of Highlands County's animal chapter lets any cat found roaming at large on public property or someone…

Hillsborough County requires any cat allowed outdoors without an owner's direct control to be sterilized, while…

Homestead requires every cat over four months old to be rabies-vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian with proof filed…

Jacksonville requires rabies vaccination and a City license tag for every cat 4 months or older, and treats an…

Jupiter requires every cat over four months old to carry a town tag or license backed by proof of rabies vaccination…

A stray or feral cat that turns up healthy at the Lake County Animal Shelter doesn't have to be adopted out or…

Any cat four months or older in Lee County must be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian and licensed…

Manatee County lets residents run trap-neuter-return colonies for feral cats under Sec. 2-4-11's community cat…

Every owned cat over four months old in Martin County must be rabies-vaccinated and carry a County license tag, unless…

Miami-Dade County Code Chapter 5 controls all cats inside Miami city limits, requiring rabies vaccination, county…

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-22 makes it a civil infraction to interfere with trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) work…

Every cat four months or older in unincorporated Nassau County must carry a county rabies license under Sec. 6-42…

Osceola County requires every cat four months or older to carry a rabies vaccination and a county license tag, but…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County lets registered caregivers manage feral cat colonies under a…

Pasco County requires every cat over four months old to wear a current county license tag proving rabies vaccination…

Sec. 14-37 lets caregivers register community cats in unincorporated Pinellas County under a…

Unaltered cats may not run at large in Polk County. A cat impounded at large more than twice in an 18-month period…

Port Orange runs a registered community cat program that authorizes trap-sterilize-vaccinate-return management of feral…

Port St. Lucie authorizes trap-neuter-vaccinate-return colonies for community cats under Code Section 92.19, exempting…

Cats four months or older must be vaccinated against rabies. Santa Rosa County recognizes managed 'community cats'…

Every cat four months or older in Sarasota County must be vaccinated against rabies, annually or every three years with…

Seminole County limits how long a dog or cat may be tied to a fixed-point restraining device: never between 9 a.m. and…

Every cat four months or older kept in unincorporated St. Lucie County must carry a county registration tag, renewed…

St. Petersburg doesn't license cats, but § 4-5 makes it unlawful to own or keep a cat that becomes a nuisance: one…

Sumter County requires every cat four months or older to carry a current rabies vaccination and a metal license tag…

Tallahassee lets the mayor declare a rabies quarantine that requires every dog and cat to stay confined, and Section…

Titusville requires every cat's owner to get an annual rabies vaccination from a licensed veterinarian and obtain a…

Volusia County recognizes a trap-neuter/spay-release program for feral cats, and a registered feral cat volunteer is…

Clay County's animal-at-large and leash-style restraint law explicitly excludes cats, so free-roaming cats are not…

Flagler County has no cat licensing program or feral-colony ordinance. Two rules cover cats in unincorporated Flagler…

Orange County Code § 5-55(a) directs the county animal services division to sterilize and return healthy community cats…

Section 91.01 requires anyone walking a cat (or dog) in Pembroke Pines to keep it from defecating on another person's…

West Palm Beach only regulates cats through a narrow rule: an owner who knows a cat has a contagious disease or is in…

Miami-Dade requires rabies vaccination for cats but never a license: cat registration is explicitly voluntary…

Lee County will not release an unclaimed dog or cat from a public or private shelter, humane group or animal control…

Every dog or cat adopted from Alachua County animal resources must be sterilized before release under Alachua County…

Broward County requires the Division's veterinarian to sterilize any intact dog or cat impounded more than once…

Sec. 14-65 makes spaying or neutering mandatory for every cat four months or older in unincorporated Citrus County…

Daytona Beach requires owners to spay or neuter any dog or cat six months or older unless they hold a $10.00 unaltered…

Deltona requires every dog and cat six months or older to be spayed or neutered unless the owner holds an unaltered…

Escambia County does not require every pet to be sterilized, but Code Sec. 10-29 forces it on repeat offenders. Anyone…

Marion County orders mandatory sterilization only after a repeat violator is designated an irresponsible animal owner…

Martin County requires a dog or cat to be spayed or neutered after its third confirmed impoundment as a stray or…

Port Orange requires every cat or dog six months of age or older within city limits to be spayed or neutered unless the…

Volusia County requires every dog or cat six months or older in the unincorporated county to be spayed or neutered…

Every dog or cat adopted from Bay County animal services must be microchipped, vaccinated and sterilized before release…

Every cat or dog adopted, sold, or released from a Brevard County animal shelter must be sterilized first, or the new…

Clay County does not require blanket spay/neuter of all pets, but any dog or cat impounded for running at large must be…

Franklin County does not mandate spay or neuter for every pet, but it requires sterilization in two specific…

Highlands County does not require every pet owner to spay or neuter, but any dog or cat redeemed from Animal Control by…

Jacksonville doesn't force every pet owner to sterilize, but an at-large dog or cat that isn't spayed or neutered draws…

Jupiter's only mandatory spay-or-neuter law targets pot-bellied pigs, not dogs and cats generally. Section 5-37 of the…

A fertile dog or cat picked up by Lake County Animal Services a second time doesn't just get redeemed and sent home: §…

Lakeland does not require spaying or neutering pet cats or dogs, but Code § 10-3 makes it mandatory for the one…

Leon County doesn't require every pet owner to spay or neuter, but it forces the issue at two points: any animal…

Manatee County does not require every pet to be sterilized, but it mandates it in three situations: shelter animals…

Miami-Dade County requires sterilization of any dog found running at large more than twice, with violations affirmed on…

Osceola County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but County Code § 4-9(e) mandates sterilization…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County requires every dog six months or older and every cat four months or older to be spayed…

Every dog and cat adopted from Pasco County Animal Services must be sterilized before leaving the shelter, or the…

Pinellas County doesn't mandate spay/neuter for every pet, but a dog impounded twice for running at-large within 24…

Any cat or dog adopted from a county-funded shelter or authorized adoption agency in St. Lucie County must be…

Sumter County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but Sec. 4-18 bars keeping an unsterilized cat over…

An animal reclaimed from Tallahassee Animal Services a second time must be spayed or neutered within 30 days, at the…

Nassau County does not require every owned pet to be spayed or neutered, but Code Section 6-59 makes sterilization…

Okaloosa County has no blanket spay-or-neuter mandate, but Section 5-41(b) hits owners financially the second time…

Pasco County Code Sec. 14-100 requires that all dogs and cats over four months of age that are sold, adopted…

Alachua County Code § 72.24.5 requires every dog and cat four months or older that is sold, transferred, exchanged…

Citrus County requires every animal to be implanted with a microchip before it can be redeemed by its owner or adopted…

Clay County does not require every pet to be microchipped up front, but section 4-22(e) makes it mandatory before any…

Every dog and cat that lands in Collier County's shelter and isn't already chipped gets a microchip implanted by Animal…

Highlands County lets dog, cat and ferret owners skip the metal registration tag and collar if the animal carries an…

Hillsborough County lets a dog or cat wear a currently registered microchip instead of its county tag, but the chip's…

Jacksonville requires dogs and cats four months or older to be implanted with a registered RFID microchip whenever…

Lake County does not require every pet to carry a microchip, but chip status controls how long Animal Services must…

Before Lee County Animal Services releases any dog, cat or ferret from its shelter, Sec. 4-44(h) requires the animal be…

Martin County does not require every pet to be microchipped up front, but the Code of Ordinances makes it mandatory the…

Miami-Dade County Code Chapter 5 requires every dog or cat adopted from, or reclaimed by, county Animal Services to be…

Every dog and cat sold in Miami-Dade County must be microchipped before sale, with the seller registering the chip and…

Orange County will not release an impounded dog or cat back to its owner until animal services implants a microchip at…

Palm Beach County requires every cat four months or older to be implanted with an electronic animal ID (EAID)…

Pinellas County has no general pet microchip law, but every registered guard dog used by a guard service in the county…

Pompano Beach does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but § 90.22 mandates microchipping of every community cat…

Sumter County does not require microchips on every pet, but Sec. 4-8(b)(3) requires permanent identification, a tattoo…

Any pet reclaimed from a Tallahassee Animal Services impoundment must be implanted with a microchip before it goes…

Broward doesn't require microchipping for all pets, but registered dogs and cats with a microchip get a discounted…

Escambia County requires microchips in two situations, not for pets generally. Under Code Sec. 10-13(b)(5), every…

Franklin County requires every pet over four months old to carry identification showing the owner's name, address and…

Once Nassau County finally classifies a dog as dangerous under Sec. 6-47, the owner must have it microchipped at their…

Okaloosa County requires every dog and cat to carry traceable identification whenever it is off its owner's premises…

Port Orange conditions its unaltered animal permit on microchipping. An owner who wants to keep a cat or dog unaltered…

Port St. Lucie doesn't require every pet to be microchipped, but Code Section 92.41(b) ties a lifetime pet license to…

Gulfport bars feeding, trapping, hunting, capturing, or harming any wildlife on city-owned land, a rule that reaches…

Boynton Beach prohibits any pet store or pet supply store from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring dogs or cats…

Cape Coral bans pet stores from selling, trading, or giving away dogs and cats to fight puppy mills and kitten…

Clay County bans commercial retail sale of dogs and cats outright, with a narrow grandfather clause: only…

Coral Springs bans pet stores from selling or transferring dogs and cats under City Code § 4-28, effectively converting…

Fort Lauderdale bans pet stores from selling dogs or cats at retail. Code section 6-36 allows stores to offer only…

Homestead bans every retail pet store in the city from selling, displaying, bartering, auctioning or giving away dogs…

Jupiter bans puppy and kitten mills outright and separately bars any pet store from selling, trading, or otherwise…

Pet stores in unincorporated Lake County cannot sell dogs or cats obtained from a breeder or broker for payment, full…

Largo has barred any new pet store from opening to sell dogs or cats since September 7, 2021, grandfathering only…

Leon County bans retail pet stores from selling or offering to sell dogs, cats or rabbits, a puppy-mill ordinance meant…

Manatee County bans commercial pet stores from selling dogs or cats at retail outright, and bars anyone from selling…

Martin County pet stores can't sell dogs, cats, or rabbits off the shelf: only pre-existing, grandfathered stores may…

Nassau County bans retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from commercial establishments, public thoroughfares, common…

Pet stores throughout Orange County, inside city limits and out, are barred from selling dogs, cats, or rabbits at…

Osceola County bans traditional pet-store sales of dogs and cats: any pet shop must source every dog and cat it offers…

Pasco County Code Sec. 14-108 bans retail pet stores from selling, delivering, or giving away dogs, cats, or rabbits…

Pompano Beach bans pet stores from selling, trading or otherwise transferring dogs and cats under § 90.39. Stores may…

Safety Harbor bars retail stores from selling, displaying, or bartering cats and dogs, allowing only shelter and rescue…

Sarasota County has banned the retail sale of dogs and cats from pet stores, flea markets and public thoroughfares…

St. Petersburg bans pet stores from selling dogs, cats or rabbits at retail, and bars anyone from selling them on…

Volusia County prohibits any commercial animal establishment from selling, bartering, or displaying dogs and cats for…

Alachua County has no ordinance banning retail dog or cat sales; instead, § 72.44 requires any breeder, hobby or…

Brevard County bans pet stores from selling commercially bred dogs and cats, requiring animals instead come from…

Broward County lets pet stores sell dogs and cats, but only if the seller holds a County Breeder or Pet Trader Permit…

Deerfield Beach bans pet stores from selling, trading or otherwise disposing of dogs and cats under Sec. 10-19, a…

Deltona requires pet shops to source dogs and cats only from animal shelters or rescue organizations, banning sales…

Doral bars pet shops and pet dealers from selling dogs or cats unless the animal comes from a registered breeder…

New pet shops in Hillsborough County may not sell dogs or cats sourced from breeders: only animals from shelters…

Hollywood pet shops cannot sell dogs or cats from breeders. Code of Ordinances § 92.57 requires every dog or cat…

New pet shops in Marion County can't sell commercially-bred dogs or cats; they must source only from shelters or…

Miami pet stores cannot sell dogs or cats at retail unless exempt as a shelter, rescue partner, or hobby breeder…

Since December 31, 2014, Miami Beach pet dealers and pet shops cannot sell dogs or cats unless the animal is certified…

Miami-Dade pet shops and pet dealers may sell only dogs and cats sourced from a registered breeder, public shelter, or…

Miramar bans retail pet stores from selling dogs or cats unless the animal came from a shelter, a rescue group, or was…

Palm Beach County barred new pet-shop and pet-dealer permits for stores selling dogs or cats since October 1, 2016…

No new pet store can open to retail-sell dogs or cats in Pinellas County; only commercial establishments already…

Since August 26, 2015, no pet shop in Plantation may retail-sell dogs or cats except through a hobby-breeder…

Port St. Lucie Code § 92.20 bans pet shops from selling dogs, cats, or rabbits sourced from breeders, brokers, or…

Seminole County bans commercial puppy mill sourcing: Section 20.182 requires every pet shop selling dogs or cats to…

St. Lucie County requires an adoption-based model for every retail sale of a dog or cat: sellers may only source…

Sumter County Code § 13-200 bans commercial kennels from buying, selling or breeding dogs and cats, but the same…

Citrus County does not ban retail pet sales, but Sec. 14-57 bars selling any dog or cat under eight weeks old, requires…

Collier County doesn't ban retail pet sales, but Code Sec. 14-81 makes every dog, cat, puppy or kitten sold or…

Daytona Beach does not ban pet stores from selling dogs and cats, but City Code Sec. 14-13 limits home-based animal…

Escambia County does not ban retail pet stores from selling dogs and cats, but Code Sec. 10-12 requires any store…

Pet stores in Jacksonville can sell dogs and cats, no citywide retail ban, but must operate as a permitted "animal…

Okaloosa County does not ban pet shops from selling dogs or cats; Section 5-72 instead requires any commercial animal…

Palm Coast doesn't ban pet-shop sales of dogs and cats, but Sec. 8-38(d) sets sanitation and crating standards for any…

Port Orange does not ban pet stores from selling animals, but City Code § 10-13(a) confines all animal sales to a…

Brevard County treats every animal grooming establishment as an 'animal care facility' that must register with Animal…

Charlotte County lets a resident run an at-home animal grooming business only as a major home occupation, which needs a…

Broward County sets a wastewater design-flow fee of 200 gallons per day for every wash basin at a pet grooming parlor…

Citrus County's Land Development Code does not treat pet grooming as its own business category. A grooming operation…

Collier County's animal-related business standards set specific sanitation rules for every commercial groomer under…

Coral Gables requires every dog grooming business to hold a local Business Tax Receipt under the city's dedicated "Dog…

Fort Lauderdale taxes pet grooming shops under a flat $73.50 Animal Grooming Service classification in Code Sec. 15-57…

Fort Myers requires a local business tax receipt for pet groomers, splits mobile grooming vehicles from fixed-location…

Gainesville's zoning code classifies pet grooming as a "personal service," the same category as barbershops and…

A Hollywood pet-grooming business that keeps more than three animals at a time counts as a Commercial Kennel and needs…

Homestead classifies animal grooming as its own local business tax category under Sec. 16-40: code 07522 for a…

Jupiter requires anyone who owns or operates a grooming parlor, kennel, or pet shop to follow the town's own…

Lake County classifies any grooming shop as an 'Animal Establishment' under Sec. 4-3, and Sec. 4-32 requires it, like a…

Grooming establishments operating in Martin County must meet detailed minimum-care standards under the Code of…

Pet grooming and styling salons operating in Miami must obtain an annual Local Business Tax Receipt before opening, at…

Miami-Dade requires groomers, including mobile groomers, to disinfect equipment and bathtubs between every animal or…

Miramar regulates dog grooming and animal-boarding facilities under the same Land Development Code standard as…

Any grooming shop bathing, clipping or otherwise grooming animals in unincorporated Nassau County must hold an annual…

Any grooming shop operating in unincorporated Okaloosa County must hold an annual commercial animal establishment…

Grooming parlors and mobile grooming units in unincorporated Palm Beach County must hold an annual operational permit…

Pompano Beach classifies pet grooming as a licensed commercial trade. Operators need a Business Tax Receipt under…

St. Johns County groups pet grooming operations with veterinary offices and animal hospitals under Land Development…

Tampa zoning treats a pet grooming business as a "small kennel" use, permitted only for keeping, grooming, breeding…

Titusville requires pet grooming services in its Urban Mixed-Use and Indian River City Neighborhood-Commercial…

A pet-grooming business is zoned as a 'personal service' in Escambia County, not as a kennel or agricultural use. Sec…

Unincorporated Broward bars veterinary hospitals from sites touching residential zoning, or separated from it only by a…

In the Redevelopment Downtown - Beach Street Retail (RDD-1) district, Daytona Beach bars standalone veterinary…

Doral bans veterinary clinics outright in its Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) zoning district, grouping them with pawnshops…

In unincorporated Highlands County, a veterinary clinic isn't a use you can open anywhere zoned for business. The O…

Lee County zoning locks veterinary clinics, animal hospitals and boarding kennels into a tight footprint under LDC §…

In unincorporated Orange County, a veterinary hospital or clinic for domestic pets is a special exception, not a…

Port Orange's Land Development Code treats a veterinary clinic as a special exception use, not a by-right use, in the…

Unincorporated St. Johns County requires veterinary offices and animal hospitals to obtain a Special Use permit from…

A veterinary office in St. Petersburg may board animals only incidentally, and City Code § 16.50.230.3 requires those…

Titusville confines veterinary clinic activity to enclosed, air-conditioned buildings across most commercial districts…

Alachua County allows a veterinary clinic or hospital as a limited use in eleven zoning districts, from A-RB and AP…

Brevard County requires veterinary hospitals, clinics, and pet kennels in unincorporated areas to sit at least 300 feet…

Cape Coral treats veterinary offices as an exempt "animal care business" under City Code Section 4-32(c), letting them…

Charlotte County allows veterinary clinics and boarding kennels outright in its General Commercial (CG) and Tourist…

In unincorporated Citrus County, the Land Development Code sorts veterinary offices and animal hospitals into two…

A veterinary clinic in unincorporated Escambia County needs the right zoning district and, if it boards animals, at…

Flagler County treats veterinary clinics differently by zoning district. In the AC Agriculture district a clinic needs…

Fort Myers allows animal hospitals and veterinary clinics only in commercial and industrial zones, and requires outdoor…

Gainesville bars outdoor cages or runs at veterinary facilities except in industrial districts sited at least 500 feet…

Gulfport's zoning code files a veterinary practice under the 'office, business or professional' use, the same category…

Hialeah allows veterinarians to operate as a permitted professional-services use in the RO residential office district…

Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics in unincorporated Hillsborough County must sit 50 to 150 feet from residential…

Hollywood's Zoning and Land Development Regulations treat pet care and veterinary offices as a commercial use subject…

Homestead allows veterinary clinics only as 'dog and pet hospitals in air conditioned buildings' in the B-2 retail…

Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals are zoned commercial or agricultural uses in Jacksonville: permitted in CN…

Veterinary clinics need special exception approval from Jupiter's planning and zoning commission in districts like C-1…

Kissimmee confines veterinary clinics to specific commercial and industrial zoning districts and bans them outright as…

Unincorporated Lake County lets veterinary clinics operate in the RP, C-2, LM, HM and MP zoning districts, but every…

Martin County requires veterinary clinics in its commercial districts to operate entirely inside a soundproofed…

Veterinary facilities are permitted by right in Melbourne's C-1, C-2, C-P, C-E, M-1 and M-2 districts, need a…

Miami 21 splits veterinary uses in two: an Animal Clinic with light overnight care is a Commercial use, while any…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, a veterinary or pet hospital is a listed permitted use only in the BU-1A Limited…

In unincorporated Nassau County, a veterinary hospital or animal clinic is a permitted use in the Commercial…

North Port requires animal hospitals and veterinary offices to keep overnight boarding indoors, screen outdoor animal…

Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, commercial kennels and animal boarding are permitted uses in Okaloosa County's…

Orlando treats a stand-alone veterinary clinic as a light service use permitted under the standard zoning tables, but a…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County caps veterinary clinics at 5,000 sq ft in AR, AGR and CLO zones and requires a 1-acre…

Pembroke Pines confines veterinary clinics and animal hospitals to specific zoning districts under its Permitted Use…

Veterinary offices in unincorporated Pinellas County that sit next to a residential district must fence outdoor…

Pompano Beach's zoning code sets specific operating standards for veterinary hospitals and clinics under City Code §…

Port St. Lucie zones an animal hospital or veterinary clinic as an enclosed "kennel" use. The city allows it by right…

City of Sarasota zoning code caps animal boarding at veterinary clinics at 25% of leasable floor area and requires…

Sarasota County's Unified Development Code caps outdoor animal boarding, including a veterinary clinic's outdoor dog…

Sumter County's zoning use table lets a large-animal veterinary clinic locate by right in the Agricultural (A10, A10C)…

Tallahassee's Land Development Code lists veterinary services and animal hospitals as a principal permitted use in a…

Tampa's zoning code lists a veterinary office as a permitted principal use only in the OP-1, CG, CI, IG and IH…

West Palm Beach allows veterinary clinics and animal shelters as permitted or special uses depending on zoning…

Volusia County's land development code lists veterinary clinics and animal hospitals as permitted principal uses across…

The entire City of Boca Raton is legally declared a bird sanctuary, making it unlawful for anyone to shoot, kill, trap…

Collier County bans injuring, killing, collecting, or possessing any shorebird or bird of prey, along with sea turtles…

The entire city is legally a bird sanctuary, making it unlawful to shoot, trap, kill, or destroy wild birds or their…

Escambia County has designated the entire county-jurisdiction portion of Santa Rosa Island a native bird sanctuary…

Flagler County bans hunting, harming, trapping or killing any wildlife, reptile or bird, and disturbing their eggs or…

Fort Lauderdale makes it a citywide offense to shoot, trap, or otherwise kill or destroy birds. Code section 6-10…

Hollywood's entire city limits are declared a bird sanctuary under § 92.01. It's unlawful to hunt, wound, molest…

Homestead's code declares the entire city a bird sanctuary and makes it unlawful to trap, shoot, hunt or otherwise…

Jupiter designates the entire town a bird sanctuary under Sec. 5-3, making it unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot, or molest…

Melbourne has declared every land and water area within the city a wildlife sanctuary. Sec. 10-2 makes it unlawful to…

Miami declares itself a bird sanctuary and makes it unlawful to shoot, trap, or kill any bird within city limits, with…

Miami Beach declares the entire city a bird sanctuary under Sec. 10-6, banning killing, hunting, capturing or molesting…

Miramar has formally declared itself a bird sanctuary, making it unlawful anywhere in the city to hunt, wound, molest…

Section 91.02 declares the entire city a bird sanctuary and makes it unlawful to hunt, wound, injure, or kill any bird…

Indian Mound Park is legally designated a bird sanctuary under Pompano Beach's code, and willfully destroying or…

St. Johns County protects nesting Bald Eagles with a mandatory Primary Zone extending 750 feet from every documented…

Tallahassee's parks code makes it unlawful to kill, injure, harm, capture, chase, poison, or remove any wildlife…

City Code § 14-176 designates the entire City of Tampa a bird sanctuary, making it unlawful to hunt, kill, maim, trap…

West Palm Beach has declared the entire city a bird sanctuary. City Code § 14-3 makes it unlawful to shoot, trap, kill…

Broward County's park code bans molesting, harming, killing, trapping, or capturing wild birds, and removing eggs…

Cape Coral's Chapter 23 protects bald eagle nests by creating an Eagle Nest Management Zone around every active nest…

Fort Myers designates the entire city a bird sanctuary, making it unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot or molest any bird or…

Hunting, trapping, or disturbing wild birds, waterfowl, fish, and reptiles is banned in every Jacksonville park, beach…

Unincorporated Lee County protects southern bald eagle nests with a mandatory 660-foot development buffer. Any building…

Martin County makes it a crime to take or attempt to take any bird, animal, fowl or reptile from a public road, street…

North Port requires developers to avoid harming endangered and threatened bird species like the crested caracara and…

South Okaloosa County bars feeding birds on any public beach or waterfront park, from the situs line at Range Road 215…

The City of Sarasota has designated its entire corporate limits a bird sanctuary under City Code § 8-5. Inside that…

On park property in Doral, Sec. 29-30(a) bans molesting, harming, trapping, hunting, shooting at, or capturing any wild…

Orlando bans killing, injuring, capturing, chasing, or poisoning wildlife, animals, or birds, and disturbing bird eggs…

In every county park and recreation area, Sumter County Code § 18-34(b) makes it unlawful to catch, injure, destroy or…

Kissimmee has designated its entire corporate limits as a bird sanctuary under city code, though the ordinance does not…

Orange County lets the public trap nuisance wildlife only if the trapper holds a current Florida Fish and Wildlife…

Martin County requires wildlife rehabilitation facilities to hold all required state and federal wildlife permits, keep…

North Port requires outdoor wildlife rescue and sanctuary shelter areas to sit at least 500 feet from any single-family…