# How do I find laws on specific animals in NY State?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-laws-on-specific-animals-in-ny-state/372840 "2006-09-15T15:05:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-laws-on-specific-animals-in-ny-state/372840/1 "2006-09-15T15:05:55Z")

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Say I want to find out if a certain animal is legal to keep as a pet in NY, or maybe what the hunting process is, or something like that. There must be a website. Fish & Game? Anybody have it?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-laws-on-specific-animals-in-ny-state/372840/2 "2006-09-15T15:45:41Z")

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HEre is a website on the subject: [Laws on Exotic Animals for Each State](http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/legalissues/ht/Legalstatus.htm)