Wisconsin Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Exotic Pets

in Animal News on October 27, 2015

A state bill from Wisconsin Senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) would ban private ownership of potentially dangerous exotic pets—including non-native big cats, apes, and alligators—in residential areas, unless under a specific exemption. Adam M. Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA and Born Free Foundation, says that Wisconsin is one of only five states that lacks legislation for regulating exotic pets, and Wisconsin has an “exotic pet problem” in comparison to most other states. According to Roberts, “individual states like Wisconsin…have to do more to stop the trade in particularly dangerous animals.”

Link: The Badger Herald

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