Owning exotic animals sounds like something reserved for wildlife parks, but in many U.S. states, people legally keep wild ...

If you’ve recently seen a peacock wandering around near Thatcher Avenue, it’s not an escapee from the Pueblo Zoo. Zoo officials stated in an April 29 Facebook post that the bird is not a zoo ...

Suffolk County animal abusers will now face jail time or steep fines if they continue to have pets, according to a new law ...

Legislators in Suffolk County, New York, strengthened an animal cruelty law to make it a crime for people convicted of animal abuse to own pets.

While it's not common to spot these Australian natives in Alabama, their non-native status in the state makes them illegal to own as pets. What other animals are prohibited to keep as pets in Alabama?

Owning exotic animals sounds like something reserved for wildlife parks, but in many U.S. states, people legally keep wild creatures as pets. Laws vary widely, and care requirements are rarely simple.

Can you own a peacock in Pueblo? A reindeer in Rye? A camel in Colorado City? Here's what exotic animals you can own as pets ...