“I personally think we’ve been doing a really good job in Wisconsin with exotic animal owners,” she said, adding, “Why fix something that’s not broken?” She said local governments in Wisconsin can and sometimes do pass their own regulations, and that is good enough. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, has said the measure was partially inspired by reports of a lion-like creature near Milwaukee, thought to be an escaped or released exotic pet, and a 2013 incident in which police and the Racine Zoo discovered rattlesnakes, alligators, crocodiles, a snapping turtle and a Gila monster in a Kenosha home.Īlthough the ban would not affect Melanie Nawrot or her business breeding and selling marmosets, she nonetheless opposes it. Veterinarians, accredited and municipal zoos, circuses, federally licensed research facilities and wildlife sanctuaries also would be exempt, as would Circus World Museum in Baraboo. If a dangerous exotic pet caused property damage or attacked someone, the owner could face a $2,000 fine.Įxotic pets not affected by the proposal include venomous snakes and constrictors, monkeys including baboons and marsupials such as kangaroos.Ĭurrent owners of banned pets, such as tigers, lions and chimpanzees, would be allowed to keep their animals under the bill. Owners who violate the law would be subject to a $1,000 fine. The bill would ban ownership, breeding and sale of “dangerous” exotic animals including nonnative big cats, nonnative bears, apes and crocodilians. It is among five states - Alabama, Nevada, North Carolina and South Carolina are the others - that have no bans on owning “dangerous” exotic animals.Ī bipartisan measure making its way through the state Legislature would change that. Owning a monkey, or almost any other nonnative animal species, is currently legal in Wisconsin. Jasmine, who could live to be 45 years old, might outlive Narwot, who said she has made provisions for the family’s pet in her will.īut Jasmine is also a wild animal. Jasmine has been under the care of Nawrot since she was two days old after being rejected by her mother. “We go on the lake with her, a lot of 4-H clubs and Boy Scouts come and see her.” “I go to the pharmacy at ShopKo here in town and (people are) always, ‘Where's Jasmine? Bring her in to see us!’ ” said her caretaker, Melanie Nawrot, 36, whose small capuchin monkey lives with her family in the city of Adams. The species is one of many exotic animals that would still be allowed to be kept as pets in Wisconsin even if Senate Bill 241 becomes law. Babies are sold in the United States for thousands of dollars each. White-faced capuchin monkeys are among several primate species kept as pets.
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