So, Chucky is keeping Alligators in St. Paul?
Illegally it seems!
Sec. 198.03. Keeping of certain animals absolutely prohibited; exceptions.
(a) Prohibited animals. No person shall keep, maintain or harbor within the City of Saint Paul any of the following animals:
(1) Any animal or species prohibited by federal or Minnesota law.
(2) Any exotic animal or species when kept in such numbers or in such a way as to constitute a likelihood of harm to the animals themselves, to human beings or to the property of human beings, or which constitutes a public or private nuisance.
(3) Any skunk, whether captured in the wild, domestically raised, descented or not descented, vaccinated against rabies or not vaccinated against rabies.
(4) Any regulated animal obtained after January 1, 2005.
(5) Any member of the family Canidae, such as wolves, dingoes, coyotes and jackals, except domesticated dogs.
(6) Any crossbreed such as the crossbreed between dogs and coyotes and dogs and wolves.
(7) Any raccoon.
(8) Any red-eared turtle (Pseudemys scriptae-legans) with a shell length of less than four (4) inches.
Any person keeping any prohibited animal identified above may have it seized immediately by animal control.
(b) Exceptions.
(1) This section does not apply to animals which are temporarily brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any circus or show; nor does it apply to any public zoo, or persons keeping animals for a public zoo as volunteers, docents or otherwise; nor to any bona fide research institution, or veterinary hospital, provided protective devices adequate to prevent such animal from escaping or injuring the public are provided.
(2) In the case of regulated animals, those exemptions listed in Minn. Stat. § 346.155, subd. 7 shall apply.
(C.F. No. 93-231, § 1, 3-18-93; C.F. No. 97-285, § 3, 4-9-97; C.F. No. 05-630, § 1, 8-10-05)
Wild or exotic animal. "Wild animal" or "exotic animal" means any mammal, amphibian, reptile or bird which is of a species not usually domesticated, and of a species which, due to size, wild nature or other characteristic, is dangerous to humans. The term includes animals and birds, the keeping of which is licensed by the state or federal government, such as wolves, raptors and pheasants. By way of example and not of limitation, the term includes: snakes, eagles, weasels, badgers, deer and bison. The term also includes crossbreeds such as the cross between dogs and coyotes and dogs and wolves. Any wild or exotic animal which also fits the definition of a "regulated animal" shall be treated as a regulated animal for the purpose of this chapter.
(C.F. No. 97-285, § 1, 4-9-97; C.F. No. 05-630, § 1, 8-10-05)
