Can You Own a Cougar in Maryland? What State and Federal Law Say
If you searched for whether you can own a cougar in Maryland, the short answer is no — and it hasn’t been legal for more than two decades.
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If you searched for whether you can own a cougar in Maryland, the short answer is no — and it hasn’t been legal for more than two decades.
If you’ve ever pictured a backyard enclosure with a chimpanzee swinging from a rope, Arizona law has already answered whether that picture is legal—and the answer is no.
A resort in Scottsdale can legally charge you $150 to bring your dog, but that same resort cannot charge you a cent if your dog is a trained service animal, even though both animals walk through the same lobby on the same leash.
If you’re shopping for a condo in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, or Las Cruces with a dog or cat in tow, you might assume state law protects your right to keep them.
A New Mexico hotel can hand you a $75 pet fee at check-in for your Labrador without breaking any law, yet that same hotel could face a federal discrimination complaint for charging that identical fee to a guest traveling with a trained service dog.
If you’ve booked a Florida hotel room with an animal in tow, you’ve probably asked the same question a lot of travelers ask at check-in: can hotels charge pet fees
If you have ever wondered whether that viral video of a pet cougar lounging on someone’s couch could happen legally in your own backyard, the short answer for Georgia residents is no.
Travelers heading to Oklahoma with a dog in the back seat often assume every hotel pet charge is negotiable, or worse, illegal.
A truck marked “Animal Control” pulls into your driveway, and suddenly you’re not sure what you’re required to do.
Chimpanzees are smart enough to use tools, recognize themselves in mirrors, and form complex social bonds — traits that make them fascinating but also make them poor candidates for a spare bedroom or backyard enclosure.
A knock at the door from animal control catches most Maryland homeowners off guard, and the first question is almost always the same one: can this person actually come onto
If you are shopping for a condo in Bethesda, Rockville, or Ocean City and you own a dog, the question of whether you can have pets in condos in Maryland is not one you can answer by reading the county animal control code alone.
A knock from animal control can feel like an emergency even when it isn’t one.
Buying a condo in Michigan does not guarantee you the right to keep a dog, cat, or any other animal in your unit.
Cougars once roamed Pennsylvania’s forests before hunting and habitat loss wiped out the eastern population by the mid-1900s.
Buying a condo in Bozeman, Missoula, or Billings doesn’t automatically mean your dog or cat comes with you.
You booked a hotel room for you and your dog, and the front desk hands you a bill with a $75 “pet fee” tacked on.
Can you own a chimpanzee in Wyoming? The honest answer is more complicated than a simple yes or no.
If you have ever wondered whether you could legally keep a cougar in your backyard, Virginia’s answer is about as close to “no” as state and federal law can make it.
Oklahoma has a reputation as one of the friendliest states in the country for exotic pet owners, but that reputation runs into a wall the moment chimpanzees enter the conversation.