4 pets you can no longer keep in Arizona
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No more Chinese Mystery Snails but today's your day if you've always wanted an Instagram-famous hedgehog
Arizonans may not own "non-human primates" without a special license, according to expanded Arizona Game and Fish rules.
- Grahm S. Jones
Note from Arizona Game and Fish: The Chinese Mystery Snail is non-native to Arizona and poses significant threat to native species.
- Amy Benson USGS
You may own Sonoran Desert Tortoises but you may not allow them to reproduce...
- Cronkite News photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Note from Arizona Game and Fish: The False Dark Mussel is non-native to Arizona and poses significant threat to native species.
- Motte123 via Wikipedia creative commons
Tilapia is a popular fish to raise in aquaponic systems, Arizona Game and Fish is restricting it because it poses a threat to native species.
- Jim Davis / Arizona Daily Star 2004
Hedgehogs may now be kept as pets in Arizona. This one was being shown off at the Reid Park Zoo in 2010.
- Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star
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The spiny little critters have been removed from the list of restricted wildlife.Β
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