Dangerous Wild Animal Bill
Information
August 2001
In September 1997, the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Commission repealed their restrictive wild animal permit and
regulations, leaving Texas with no regulation of dangerous wild animals.
In the 77th legislative session, a bill regulating the
ownership of dangerous wild animals was passed, and Governor Rick Perry
signed the bill into law May 8, 2001. The Bill requires an owner to: (1)
Register the animal with their local animal control; (2) House the animal
in a secure enclosure of adequate size; (3) Humanely care for the
animal; and (4) Maintain a minimum of $100,000 liability insurance to
cover any damage, injury or death caused by the animal. A list of
the dangerous wild animals which this Bill covers is listed below:
Bobcat
Baboon
Bear
Caracal
Chimpanzee
Cheetah
Cougar
Coyote
Gorilla
Hyena
Jackal
Jaguar
Lion
Leopard
Lynx
Ocelot
Orangutan
Serval
Tiger
and any hybrid of an animal listed
THLN, in cooperation with the Texas
Department of Health; the Texas County Judges and Commissioners
Association and the Texas Municipal League has prepared suggested forms to
be used by local animal control authorities to establish and administer
the registration of these animals. These suggested forms are set forth
below. Nonetheless, each county and municipality charged with
administering this registration program will adopt its own application
form and form of certificate and any owner desiring to register his animal
with his local animal control authority should check with that local
animal control authority for the appropriate forms and procedures for
registering his animal.
Click here to download the forms:
APPLICATION
FOR CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FOR DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS
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CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FOR A DANGEROUS
WILD ANIMAL
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