That means blue states are hard mode for owning a raccoon.
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You make an excellent point.
So in PA this is a weird one. You can have just about anything with an exotic animal permit. In order to get an exotic animal permit, you pay $50/yr, but you also need two years training with someone who has an exotic animal permit AND is specifically permitted to handle the type of animal you're trying to handle. There are also rules around getting various animals at both the state and federal level, and a few species are exceptions because of their potential to go feral and ratfuck our entire ecosystem but assuming the getting is legal the having is also legal with the permit.
but absolutely no fucking hedgehogs
No you arent supposed to fuck porcupines, but thats a florida law anyways.
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This person raccoons.
Nah, I just Pennsylvania. So yeah, by necessity I raccoon a little bit from time to time.
Understandable.
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What justifies ownership? Can I just pluck one out of the ~~wild~~ trash and therefor own it?
"No officer, that's not my raccoon, he's his own person"
Be the change.
These are the sides for Civil War II
Don't you go putting Wisconsin in with Texas and Florida, unless all you are talking about is owning a trash panda....
Fun fact: it's also legal to own a giraffe in Wisconsin, as long as it gets a clean bill of health from a vet.
Additional fun fact: giraffe meat is sweet, and many big game hunters claimed it was the best tasting animal out of all the animals they've tried.
So what you're saying is I should move to Wisconsin, start a giraffe empire and become a giraffe steak magnate?
Yes. And you should market it with a mascot named Girafferey Dahmer.
I'm filing for a business license as we speak.
The steaks are high!
420 glace it, broth
Looking at it, I don't think this is an AI-generated image.
But at the same time, I actually think this is an AI-generated image you just generated, with a prompt consisting of my comment and (maybe) just a few other words.
Crazy times, man ...
Of course Texas and Florida are on there
Wouldn't have it any other way.
I just checked and it's illegal in Canada. That makes me happy and sad.
I have been in possession of a raccoon in North Carolina but I wouldn't say I owned her.
My grandpa said when he was a kid; he climbed a tree, took a baby raccoon out of its nest and raised it to be a pet. This was in Michigan, more than 70 years ago
The only surprises here are regular Virginia and some states where it is illegal.
I have relatives in VA, and from now on I shall refer to it as "regular Virginia" to them.
I bet you they appreciate the recognition.
"Thank god she knows we're not in East Virginia."
I was thinking more for being the regular one. Irregular Virginia... yeesh.
This map is incorrect. I live in Pennsylvania and have wanted a pet raccoon for years, sadly it is not legal here.
Awww, dammit. I shamelessly stole the meme... guess I have to make my own for accuracy.
So what if someone got a racoon in a legal state and then later tried to move to CA? Do they have to disown their trash panda?
"You don't understand, he's family!"
Woo! North Carolina represent!
Of course Florida
How else you gonna protect the truck in your yard from the methheads if not with a pet raccoon trained to fight to death?
It's legal here in the UK.
Seeing Texas and Florida on there tells me there must be very good reasons for it to be illegal.
I mean, you’re not wrong. In Florida, it’s illegal to have sex with porcupines, so you know they don’t have the best decision makers.
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I saw somebody with a pet raccoon on a lead once. In the UK. Pretty sure they're not allowed here, but I wasn't going to grass them up.
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Hold on, I'm pretty sure you can legally own one in MS as well, am I wrong on this?
According to this map, no, but it also shows that the meme is not 100% accurate.
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