As I mentioned in a post before, This is why we should not make any inquires about ordinances pertaining to reptiles/other exotic animals to city or county officials, but to rather look them up on your own:







Alamance County officials may enact an ordinance to cover local ownership of exotic animals.



The county board of health discussed the issue at its meeting last week after a caller to the environmental health department “inquired about regulations in terms of exotic animals,” county Health Director Barry Bass said.



The caller “had evidently been contemplating getting a tiger and bringing it into Alamance County.



“That got us to thinking, at least in my case, because the county I came from had an exotic animal ordinance,” Bass continued.



Bass consulted with County Attorney Clyde Albright, who is researching whether there is a law on the county’s books.



The county’s website shows no such ordinance.



Bass said it will be up to the county commissioners to decide whether to enact an ordinance prohibiting such animals.



State law grants local governments the authority to pass such laws.



According to the general statute, counties may “regulate, restrict, or prohibit the possession or harboring of animals which are dangerous to persons or property. No such ordinance shall have the effect of permitting any activity or condition with respect to a wild animal which is prohibited or more severely restricted by regulations of the Wildlife Resources Commission.”

www.thetimesnews.com/news/health-36349-ordinance-class.html

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