New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter I - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Subchapter J - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Part 180 - Miscellaneous Regulations › Section 180.1 - Animals dangerous to health or welfare

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Purpose.
The purpose of this section is to list species of animals
					 which present a danger to the health or welfare of the people of the State,
					 individual residents, or indigenous wildlife populations.
(b)
Prohibitions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title, and
					 except as provided in subdivision (d) of this section, no person shall import,
					 transport, possess, purchase, barter, transfer, sell, offer for sale, exchange,
					 propagate or release or cause to be released within New York State any of the
					 following live native or non-native dangerous animals including those which are
					 captive bred in any of the following orders, families and individual species or
					 subspecies including all subspecies and hybrids thereof:
(1) canines in the family canidae (with the
				  exception of domesticated dogs and captive bred fennec foxes [
vulpes
				  zerda
]);
(2) raccoon dog
				  of the species
nyctereutes procyonoides
;
(3) wolverine (
gulo
				  gulo
);
(4) badgers in the
genus taxidea
;
(5)
				  raccoons in the
genus procyon
;
(6) skunks in the family
mephitidae
;
(7)
				  bears in the family
ursidae
;
(8) cats in the family felidae with the
				  exception of the species
felis catus
(domesticated and feral
				  cats, which shall mean domesticated cats that were formerly owned and that have
				  been abandoned and that are no longer socialized, as well as offspring of such
				  cats) and hybrids of
felis catus
that are registered by the
				  American Cat Fanciers Association or the International Cat Association provided
				  that such cats be without any wild felid parentage for a minimum of five
				  generations;
(9) all non-human
				  primates and prosimians in the order primates;
(10) elephants in the family
elephantidae
;
(11)
				  rhinoceroses in the family
rhinocerotidae
;
(12) bats in the order
chiroptera
;
(13)
				  crocodilians in the order
crocodilia
;
(14) the following species in the family
				  varanidae:
(i)
varanus
				  salvator
(Asiatic monitor, common water monitor);
(ii)
varanus niloticus
(Nile
				  monitor);
(iii)
varanus
				  albigularis
(white-throat monitor);
(iv)
varanus albigularis
				  ionidesi
(black-throat monitor);
(v)
varanus salvadori
(crocodile monitor);
(vi)
varanus komodensis
(komodo dragon);
(15) the following species in the family
				  boidae:
(i)
eunectes
				  deschauenseei
( DeSchauensee's anaconda);
(ii)
eunectes murinus
(green
				  anaconda);
(iii)
eunectes
				  notaeus
(yellow anaconda);
(iv)
eunectes beniensis
(Beni anaconda);
(16)
				  the following species in the family pythonidae:
(i)
morelia amethistina
(Australian amethystine python);
(ii)
python molurus
(Indian
				  python);
(iii)
python
				  bivittatus
(burmese python);
(iv)
python broghammerus
reticulates (reticulated python);
(v)
python sebae
(Northern
				  African python);
(vi)
python natalensis
(Southern African python);
(17) all reptiles that are
				  venomous by nature, including but not limited to the following species within
				  the families or sub-families listed:
(i)
				  family elapidae:
(a) all species;
(ii) family viperidae:
(a) all species;
(iii) family lamprophiidae:
(a) sub-family attractaspinae:
(1)
attractaspis spp
(mole
				  vipers or burrowing asps);
(2)
homoroselaps spp
(African dwarf garter snakes);
(b) sub-family aparallactinae:
(1)
macrelaps microlepidota
(natal black snake);
(c)
				  sub-family psammophiinae:
(1)
malpolon monspessulanus
(Montpellier snake);
(iv) family colubridae:
(a) sub-family colubrinae:
(1)
dispholidus typus
(boomslang);
(2)
thelotornis kirtlandii
(kirtland's bird snake or twig
				  snake);
(3)
thelotornis
				  capensis
(cape bird snake or twig snake);
(b) sub-family natricinae:
(1)
rhabdophis tigrinus
(tiger keelback, yamakagashi);
(2)
rhabdophis subminiatus
(red-necked keelback);
(v) family dipsadidae:
(a)
philodryas olfersii
(Lichtenstein's racer);
(b)
philodryas patagoniensis
(Patagonian racer);
(vi) venomous lizards, beaded
				  lizards and gila monsters in the family helodermatidae.