Exemption Criteria

Animals exempted below are believed to meet the following criteria: (a) Accidental release of the fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, or mammal will not result in an adverse effect on the ecology of the state; (b) The animal in captivity, or escaped therefrom, poses no substantial danger to humans, either by injury or disease; (c) Proper care of the animal is no more demanding in any major respect than proper care of domestic animals; (d) Trade in the fish, bird, mammal, reptile or amphibian has no significant adverse effect on the wild population of such animal in any of its native habitats.