New Jersey venemous snakes

Does anyone know if venemous snakes are legal in new jersey?

Specifically jersey city, i live in Bayonne

https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/dangrspp.htm

You need a permit. My understanding is that since they are may-issue that they are almost impossible to get.

Damn you cant keep the as pets only for education purposes i think

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Does anyone know the laws for new york city?

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Originally Posted by Max12069

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Pretty sure you are out of luck there...not a resident but as far as I know hots are a no-go in NYC, & it does make sense IMO. A loose cobra in high density population would not go over well...:rolleyes:

https://www1.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/des...d-wild-animals

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Damn you cant keep the as pets only for education purposes i think

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Does anyone know the laws for new york city?

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Pretty sure you are out of luck there...not a resident but as far as I know hots are a no-go in NYC, & it does make sense IMO. A loose cobra in high density population would not go over well...:rolleyes:

https://www1.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/des...d-wild-animals

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I'm not 100% positive, but considering you can't legally keep a ferret in NYC I'm guessing hots are a no-go.

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Does anyone know if venemous snakes are legal in new jersey?

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Do you have experience working with hots?

NY state has a strict set of laws regarding hots and large boids, NYC has much stricter ones. You'll need to move somewhere like PA.

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Originally Posted by Craiga 01453

I'm not 100% positive, but considering you can't legally keep a ferret in NYC I'm guessing hots are a no-go...

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Animals aren't all banned for the same reasons: ferrets getting loose present a danger to local wildlife as a non-native predator, & can carry diseases. Not sure why NYC
bans them though. :confusd:

When I lived in So. Calif. it was also illegal to have gerbils, commonly kept as pets in many other states, because the strong agricultural lobby feared crop damage from
those that escaped or were released would become established, & even though they were similar to native species already there.

With venomous snakes, many high density population areas have a pretty good reason to just say "no", IMO. Even with permits, accidents (escapes) can happen.

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Originally Posted by Max12069

Does anyone know if venemous snakes are legal in new jersey?

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Animals aren't all banned for the same reasons: ferrets getting loose present a danger to local wildlife as a non-native predator, & can carry diseases. Not sure why NYC
bans them though. :confusd:

When I lived in So. Calif. it was also illegal to have gerbils, commonly kept as pets in many other states, because the strong agricultural lobby feared crop damage from
those that escaped or were released would become established, & even though they were similar to native species already there.

With venomous snakes, many high density population areas have a pretty good reason to just say "no", IMO. Even with permits, accidents (escapes) can happen.

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Oh no doubt. I just figured if they drew the line at ferrets then hots would most definitely be on the "NO" side of that line.

I dont have experience with venemous....yet

Also yea it makes sense that they arent allowed.

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I dont have experience with venemous....yet

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You'll want to find a way to work with venomous animals and get some experience with them long before bringing one into your home.

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You obviously want to go that direction, but I hope you have LOTS of experience with harmless snakes first. Taking good care of snakes that you cannot touch as you
would harmless ones makes health care a huge challenge, & one that very few vets want to help you with. I'm also not sure what the big draw is? -I prefer "hands-on"
pets -but yes, I've kept hots, mostly because the local rattlesnakes ended up in ppl's yards & needed relocated so they weren't needlessly killed. (The ones "kept" were
not releasable for various reasons...too long in captivity with someone else who turned them over to me, or they weren't healthy enough to survive re-location.)

And the word is "venomous". ;)

Yea i don't plan on doing it in the near future. Just curious for when/if i ever do.

Yea i don't plan on getting them in the near future but i rlly love snakes so its a possibility and I'm curious about it.