Originally Posted by Lucille

Years ago it was true, but EVERY year PayPal updates its TOS, including policy changes. Here is this year's list of ineligible items:

Ineligible items and transactions
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Note that live animals are not on the list. Also note. however, that prohibited are items prohibited in the Acceptable Use Policy. While live animals are not on that list either, illegal items are, so if your reptile should by legally prohibited in a certain jurisdiction you will not have protection. Please note that the updates are annual, so that you should as a buyer or seller check the annual updates.

There IS a prohibition against live animals using Alternative Payment Methods, detailed here:

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/apm-tnc