List Of Legal Exotic Pets In India

Captive bred or wild caught it s all cruel.

List of legal exotic pets in india. This photo was taken in march 2012. While you may think owning a parrot or a tortoise is harmless keeping them as pets. But now house sparrows mynahs parakeets eagles and kites have become fairly popular pets too. Snakes parrots iguanas tortoises and even otters these are just some of the species suffering as pets around the world.

There are legal and illegal sides to the exotic pet trade. There are a lot of exotic pets and species of endangered animals that are listed as banned pets in india. And iguanas please do some research work before informing people they are certainly banned in india. Satyabrata dash your answer was totally wrong geckos are very much banned in all parts of india.

There was a time when the indian parrot was the eternal favorite as a pet in india and definitely if polly wanted a cracker that was what she got. India is also a member of the cites or convention on international trade in endangered species of fauna and flora since the 1970s. And this trade is growing fast. India has a strong policy and legal framework to regulate and limit wildlife trade over 1800 species of wild animals plants and their derivatives are disallowed under the wildlife protection act 1972.

I have live in kolkata india for 5 years an. These days exotic is the buzzword when it comes to having a pet and from horses to guinea pigs parakeets and white mice indians are increasingly choosing the more unusual option. Turtles tortoises of indian origin are banned. Working to subject international trade in animal species to.

Except budgerigars blue rock pigeons zebra finches poultry and a very few other birds that are like love birds budgerigars it is illegal to cage pet catch or use any other bird in india. Answered april 9 2017. This video is the countdown of the 1st part of top 10 exotic animals you can keep as pets in india and 2nd part of this video will be out as soon as i possibly can publish it. Some forms of parakeets are illegal.

No wild animal can have its needs entirely met when kept as a pet. In many parts of india people still keep wild animals captive in their homes as pets. Venomous snakes source. This photographer found this captive southern or lesser hill myna gracula indica at a grocery store in munnar kerala.

Missing is another more commonly owned exotic cat the caracal which should also be legal in indiana. Why many cat species that are rarely if ever owned privately appear on the list while more common exotic pet species such as genets kinkajous and wallabies are not listed is unclear.