Hamilton By-law 12-031, s. 10.1(a) — Responsible Animal Ownership By-law

No person shall keep animals belonging to the following orders:

a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig with a current, valid licence on February 8, 2012; or

• (b) located on rural or agricultural premises zoned under a City zoning by- law permitting such a use; Carnivora (e.g. otters, wolves, bears, coyotes, foxes, tigers, leopards, cougars, lions, lynx, mink, skunks, weasels, badgers, mongooses and racoons), except dogs, cats and ferrets; Chiroptera (e.g. bats, myotis and flying foxes); Crocodylia (e.g. alligators, crocodiles, gavials and caimans); Edentates (e.g. anteaters, sloths and armadillos); Galliformes (e.g. pheasants, grouse, guinea fowls, turkeys, chickens and peafowls),

except located on rural or agricultural premises zoned under a City zoning by- law permitting such a use; Lagomorpha (e.g. hares and pikas), except domestic rabbits; Marsupialia (e.g. koalas, kangaroos, opossums and wallabies), except sugar gliders derived from self-sustaining captive populations; Revised:

• June 2022 Perissodactyla (e.g. horses, donkeys, jackasses, mules, zebras and ponies), except located on rural or agricultural premises zoned under a City zoning by-law permitting such a use;
• Primates (e.g. chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys and lemurs);
• Proboscidea (e.g. elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamuses);
• Raptors (e.g. eagles, hawks, falcons and owls), except as permitted under a provincial falconry licence;
• Rodentia (e.g. porcupines, prairie dogs, nutria and chinchillas) except Rodentia:
• (a) where neither the female nor the male of the species exceeds or will exceed 1,500 grams in weight before or at maturity; and
• (b) that are derived from a self sustaining captive population; Squamata (e.g. lizards and snakes) except:
• (a) non-venomous snakes where neither the female nor the male of species exceeds or will exceed 3 metres in length from nose to tip of tail before or at maturity; and
• (b) non-venomous lizards (not including Iguana iguana) where neither the female nor the male of the species exceeds or will exceed 2 metres in length from nose to tip of tail before or at maturity; or Struthioniformes (e.g. ostriches, rheas, cassowaries, emus and kiwis), except ostriches, emus or kiwis located on rural or agricultural premises zoned under

a City zoning by-law permitting such a use.