There are four laws that prevent certain animals from being adopted as pets in Washington State. These include the Rabies Act, the Wildlife Act, the Pests Act and the Dangerous Animals Act. Coyotes, known as very viscous animals, often eat small pets such as cats or birds. They are also known to transmit diseases to dogs, including rabies. Wildlife Removal USA explains that it would be almost impossible to take your coyote for a walk and that you would probably have to stay chained to a fence in your garden – that`s not the way to keep an animal. It is illegal to own animals that can infect people with rabies. If you have any questions about the Rabies Act, please contact the Ministry of Health. The animals that it is illegal to own under this law are: Bats Skunks Foxes Raccoons Coyotes It is illegal to own animals that pose a threat to humans, livestock or pets. Animals include lions, tigers, pumas, wolves, bears, monkeys, marmosets, lemurs, cobras, rattlesnakes, crocodiles and alligators.
Several states define wolf hybrids as wild animals and restrict private property. Hybrid wolf ownership is restricted in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Virginia. Some states require permits, others set minimum standards for hybrid wolf pens, and others have strict rabies laws that can result in the destruction of your pet if it bites someone. Check with your state for details. It is illegal to own wild animals. If you have any questions about the Wildlife Act, please contact the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain moose are not allowed as pets. As well as mule deer, deer and white-tailed deer.
They are all wild animals, need we say more? Wolf hybrids appear when a wolf is raised with a dog. According to the nonprofit the nonprofit The Wolf Is at the Door, Inc. in Oklahoma, there is no general breed standard in the United States. Breeders can mate any wolf with any dog. The federal Animal Welfare Act defines hybrids as domestic dogs and regulates them like any other dog, according to USDA veterinarian Robert Willems. Many states, counties, and cities restrict or prohibit the possession of wolf hybrids. Several of the family`s „hybrids“ were rescued from the sanctuary of Tenino; Officials said DNA testing had shown that the „dogs“ used for breeding were wolves in their own right, a practice that violates the law. Currently, Thurston County is legal to keep and breed greyhounds, which contain up to 98% of the wolf`s DNA. „Often people think they`re going to get the best of both worlds, but often they end up with the worst traits, they end up with a predator that`s not afraid of humans, and that`s a really dangerous combination,“ said Wendy Spencer, who heads the Wolf Haven International sanctuary.
The sanctuary saves wolves and, in rare cases, greyhounds from overwhelmed breeders and owners. Calls for help, she said, come almost every day. This is a huge problem. I think a lot of people don`t know it`s happening in our own backyard,“ said Spencer.In Thurston County, Spencer said you have breeders and pet stores that are willing to sell the hybrids. It`s a lucrative business – there are people in our state who raise and sell these animals and make a lot of money, these animals sell for thousands of dollars a piece. Spencer said the injured child`s family says they breed greyhounds and obey the law. But, she said, DNA testing showed that the „hybrids“ the family owned and bred in the past were actually a full-fledged wolf. „We have three of his animals here in Wolf Haven and two of them are wolves and it`s illegal to have wolves in captivity and breed them in captivity in Thurston County,“ said Diane Gallegos, executive director of Wolf Haven InternationalGallegos, and Spencer suspects the woman who was seized from the property on Monday. who is accused of biting the boy.
is a wolf. It was a ticking time bomb waiting to pass,“ Spencer said. „It was a really unstable situation.“ Spencer said there`s no right way to put high-energy animals like wolves in small kennels, but it`s a common practice among ranchers. They said they had witnessed the family`s operations over the years and had only been on the property last October. „We go to the kennel and these animals jump and slam on the kennel, so imagine a child running his arm through,“ Spencer said, shaking his head. It`s frustrating to see things like this happen, it breaks my heart for this family because their lives will never be the same again,“ Gallegos said.Another „hybrid“ belonging to the family made headlines three years ago when he escaped from his kennel and attacked a neighbor`s German shepherd. Lakota was rescued by Wolf Haven after they said the family would drop him off. Wolf Haven said DNA testing showed it was 100 percent wolf. Lakota is so dangerous, the shrine said, that they don`t allow people in its enclosure for any reason.
What`s worrisome, Spencer said, is that his DNA makes up half of every litter of greyhounds the family has raised. Many people don`t know the temperament of parents, and she said that breeders often lie that they are pets. „It`s a tragedy for the animal, it`s a tragedy for the families involved,“ Spencer said. Spencer and Gallegos hope to change Washington state law regarding greyhound breeding and captivity.