Are piranhas legal in Michigan?

§ 75-2 Exotic or wild animals prohibited.

It is unlawful in the City for persons to possess, breed, exchange, buy, sell or attempt to offer to buy or sell exotic or wild animals, meaning animals not occurring naturally, either presently or historically in this state, including:

A. Nonhuman primates.

B. Venomous, cold-blooded reptiles and other cold-blooded animals that, if in contact with humans, are capable of inflicting fatal injury to the average human adult or child.

C. Poisonous snakes.

D. Constrictor snakes, six feet in length or more.

E. Cats (wild family, including but not limited to bobcat, cheetah, cougar, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, mountain lion, panther, puma, tiger).

F. Nondomesticated carnivores, including hybrid crosses of nondomesticated carnivores.

G. Crocodilia (by example, crocodiles, alligators).

H. Black piranha fish.

I. Sharks two feet and over in length.

J. Struthio (ostriches).

K. Poisonous spiders, venomous or poisonous insects.

L. Proboscidea (by example, elephants).

M. Perissodeactyla (generally, nonruminant ungulate mammals with odd-numbered toes: by example, rhinoceros).

N. Artiodactyla (generally hoofed animals with even number of toes; by example, camel).

O. Turtles having a shell length of under four inches.

§ 9-14.4 ANIMALS; KEEPING PROHIBITED.

It shall be unlawful to keep, harbor, own or in any way possess within the corporate limits of the City of Flint:

(a) Any warm-blooded, carnivorous or omnivorous, wild or exotic animals, dangerous or undomesticated animals which are not of a species customarily used as an ordinary household pet, but one which would ordinarily be confined in a zoo, or one which would ordinarily be found in the wilderness of this or any other country, or one which otherwise causes a reasonable person to be fearful of bodily harm or property damage, including, but not limited to nonhuman primates, raccoons, skunks, foxes and wild and exotic cats; but excluding fowl, ferrets and small rodents of varieties used for laboratory purposes.

(b) Any animal, whether warm or cold-blooded, spider or insect having poisonous bites.

(c) Venomous, cold-blooded reptiles and other cold-blooded animals that, if in contact with humans, are capable of inflicting fatal injury to the average human; including, but not limited to, constrictor snakes six (6) feet or more in length, and all nondomesticated carnivores such as crocodiles, piranha fish, sharks and the like.

(Ord. 3040, passed 7-27-1987; Ord. 3250, passed 9-27-1993)

References

§ 75-2 Exotic or wild animals prohibited.
§ 9-14.4 ANIMALS; KEEPING PROHIBITED.