piranha LEGALITY across the USA

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is it illegal to go to a state that they are legal and bring them to an illegal state?
 

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lizardfishman said:
is it illegal to go to a state that they are legal and bring them to an illegal state?
yes , that is illegal.
 

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http://www.ci.des-moines.ia.us/departments/pol/patrol/animal.htm

Illegal Animals

City of Des Moines Ordinance prohibits the keeping, sheltering or harboring of any illegal animal.

The City of Des Moines Ordinance defines an illegal animal as:

  • Any animal which is not naturally tame or gentle and which is of a wild nature or disposition, which is capable of killing, inflicting serious injury upon or causing disease among human beings or domestic animals and having known tendencies as a species to do so.
  • Any animal declared to be illegal by the Board of Health, or the City Manager or his/her designee.
  • Any non-domesticated member of the order carnivore which, as an adult, exceeds the weight of 20 pounds.
  • The following animals are deemed to be illegal: Lions, Tigers, Jaguars, Leopards, Cougars, Lynx, Bobcats, Wolves, Coyotes, Foxes, Badgers, Wolverines, Skunks, Mink, Raccoons, Bears, Monkeys, Chimpanzees, Bats, Alligators, Crocodiles, Caimans, Scorpions, Snakes and reptiles that are venomous, Snakes that are constrictors over six feet in length, Gila Monsters, Opossums, all Apes, Baboons, Macaques and Piranhas.
For more information please view City of Des Moines Ordinance



http://www.ci.des-moines.ia.us/departments/pol/patrol/Sec_18-196_illegal_dangerous.htm
 

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From New York State Department of Environmental Conservation:

Importation of Triploid Grass Carp or Piranha

Statutory Authority: ECL 1117-03 (6)

No person shall import, export, own or possess, acquire or dispose of live piranha fish (Serrasalmus, Rooseveltiella, or Pyrocentrus), grass carp, (Ctenohparyngodon idella) or hybrid grass carp within the state without a license or permit issued at the discretion of the department for scientific, biological, or exhibition purposes.
To apply for this license, contact the Regional DEC Fisheries Office. You may use the Grass Carp Stocking Permit form.



Regional Offices

Select any region to send an email to that region
Each of DEC's nine regions has a fisheries unit responsible for the oversight and management of the fishery resource found there. The regional fisheries office is typically your best source of information concerning fishing opportunities, fisheries management, stocking, public access and other issues associated with local waters. To contact the regional fisheries office covering the area you are interested in, click on the correct segment of the map or contact the regional office directly at one of the phone numbers provided.
Region 1 Suffolk and Nassau counties; phone- (631) 444-0280
Region 2 Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island; phone- (718) 482-4022
Region 3 Sullivan, Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties; phone- (845) 256-3161
Region 4 Montgomery, Otsego, Delaware, Schoharie, Schenectady, Albany, Greene, Rensselaer and Columbia counties; phone- (607) 652-7366
Region 5 Franklin, Clinton, Essex, Hamilton, Warren, Fulton, Saratoga and Washington counties; phone- (518) 897-1333 (Raybrook) or (518) 623-1200 (Warrensburg)
Region 6 Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Lewis, Oneida and Herkimer counties; phone- (315) 785-2263 (Watertown) or (315) 793-2554 (Utica)
Region 7 Oswego, Cayuga, Onondaga, Madison, Tompkins, Cortland, Chenango, Tioga and Broome counties; phone- (607) 753-3095
Region 8 Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Yates, Seneca, Steuben, Schuyler and Chemung counties; phone- (585) 226-2466
Region 9 Niagara, Erie, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties; phone- (716) 851-7000 (Buffalo) or (716) 372-0645 (Olean)


http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/grasscarppermitappl.pdf
 
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