Hawaii Exotic Animal Laws

Hawaii Exotic Animal Laws are in place to protect the agriculture, aquaculture and horticulture of the State of Hawaii. These laws require quarantines, prohibited species and permitted species of feral and other non-domestic animals or exotic animals. As long as these laws or rules are in place and followed, the beauty of Hawaii will remain for many more years.

The Hawaii Administrative Rules §4-71-5 is the Hawaii Exotic Animal Law that requires a quarantine of animals that are considered to be a dangerous threat to the horticultural, agricultural and aquacultural industries, environment and natural resources throughout Hawaii.

The Hawaii Administrative Rules §4-71-6 is the Hawaiii Exotic Animal Law that prohibits the introduction of certain animals into the State of Hawaii without the appropriate permits. This rule or law also stipulates which animals are prohibited from being introduced into the State of Hawaii at any time. These prohibited animals are any hybrid who has one or both parents prohibited, any dog crossed with a coyote, wolf, jackal, dingo, fox, African wild dog, dhole, bush dog, racoon dog or hybrid dog. Cats crossed with ocelot, lynx, margay, jaguar, puma, leopard, bobcat wild cat or cat hybrid are also prohibited. Other animals on this list are bats, flying foxes, wild hares, rodents with the exception of Chinese mice, gerbils, hamsters and rats.

Hawaii Administrative Rules §4-71-6.1 is responsible for the creation of a panel of at least three people who will determine whether or not an animal in question is actually a hybrid animal that is prohibited in the State of Hawaii.

Hawaii Administrative Rules §4-71-6.5 is responsible for the introduction of permitted animals in the State of Hawaii. This rule also states the steps necessary for acquiring a permit to possess certain animals, such as having the appropriate housing available to make certain that the animal in question will not have the opportunity to escape and cause havoc in the state. These permits are necessary to control any feral or non-domestic animals that are brought into the state legally.