Prohibition of possession of wild animals -- exceptions

50-23-102 . Prohibition of possession of wild animals -- exceptions. A person may not possess a wild animal unless the person possessed it for at least 6 months prior to January 1, 1982, or it is used in a fur-bearing enterprise, contained in a zoological exhibition in a manner that it may not come in physical contact with members of the public, or acquired by an educational institution for scientific research.