California non domesticated dog laws?

[DVK916]

I really want to get a Fennec Fox as a pet, but since their are a non domesticated dog I don't know if I can. Does anyone know California law regarding these animals.

 

[JDrake]

A fox? .. cool?

 

[DVK916]

This is what they look like.

http://hometown.aol.com/secondsight0/images/pics%20025.jpg

So do you think I need a permit for this. They are so small, I doubt I need anything special to get one.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: DVK916
This is what they look like.

http://hometown.aol.com/secondsight0/images/pics%20025.jpg

So do you think I need a permit for this. They are so small, I doubt I need anything special to get one.

Haha well just get one and if someone asks, say its a mutt ?

 

[jadinolf]

Cats and dogs, the most popular pets in the U.S., are carnivores, but most of the other popular mammal pets are rabbits or rodents (e.g., mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs). Domestic ferrets are carnivores, also. North American exotic pet breeders and promoters offer a long list of "hand-raised" wild carnivores as pets. Examples include wild cats (such as serval, caracal, Siberian lynx, Canadian lynx, bobcat, fishing cat, cougar), wild members of the dog family (fennec fox, bat-eared fox, black-backed jackal, raccoon dog), viverrids (civets and genets), mustelids (zorilla and otters) and raccoons and their relatives (coatimundi and kinkajou). All of these are restricted species in California and are not legal to possess as pets. The European polecat, which is the same species as the ferret, is also illegal to import or possess as a pet in California. The polecat, which "can become extremely tame" (Wellstead, 1981, pp. 14-15), is not usually a good candidate for pet keeping, but it is used by breeders to cross with ferrets to develop hybrids with certain traits.

Breeders offer an assortment of hybrid exotic cats, such as the "bengal", resulting from crossing domestic cats with wild cat species. Such hybrids, or purported domestic cat-wild cat hybrids, are not restricted in California and are treated as domestic cats.

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: joedrake

Originally posted by: DVK916
This is what they look like.

http://hometown.aol.com/secondsight0/images/pics%20025.jpg

So do you think I need a permit for this. They are so small, I doubt I need anything special to get one.

Haha well just get one and if someone asks, say its a mutt ?

Yea, I want to try to do it legally first. But if I need to I will get this pet by non legal means.

 

[Mermaidman]

Aren't fennec foxes social critters? How many are you getting?

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Cats and dogs, the most popular pets in the U.S., are carnivores, but most of the other popular mammal pets are rabbits or rodents (e.g., mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs). Domestic ferrets are carnivores, also. North American exotic pet breeders and promoters offer a long list of "hand-raised" wild carnivores as pets. Examples include wild cats (such as serval, caracal, Siberian lynx, Canadian lynx, bobcat, fishing cat, cougar), wild members of the dog family (fennec fox, bat-eared fox, black-backed jackal, raccoon dog), viverrids (civets and genets), mustelids (zorilla and otters) and raccoons and their relatives (coatimundi and kinkajou). All of these are restricted species in California and are not legal to possess as pets. The European polecat, which is the same species as the ferret, is also illegal to import or possess as a pet in California. The polecat, which "can become extremely tame" (Wellstead, 1981, pp. 14-15), is not usually a good candidate for pet keeping, but it is used by breeders to cross with ferrets to develop hybrids with certain traits.

Breeders offer an assortment of hybrid exotic cats, such as the "bengal", resulting from crossing domestic cats with wild cat species. Such hybrids, or purported domestic cat-wild cat hybrids, are not restricted in California and are treated as domestic cats.

Damn, well i am still going to try to get one as a pet. I doubt anyone will notice it isn't a domesticated animal.

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Aren't fennec foxes social critters? How many are you getting?

I want to get 1.

 

[TheoPetro]

ya its cute untill it bites your eyes out

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: TheoPetro
ya its cute untill it bites your eyes out

They are safer than most domesticated dogs.

 

[toekramp]

you better watch out, one of the Steelers might hurt it with their devious ways!!!!

 

[xanis]

You could probably pass it off as some freaky Chiuaua.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: Xanis
You could probably pass it off as some freaky Chiuaua.

I was gonna say that but I was afraid of how to spell :roll: