Raccoons

My grandpa said when he was a kid; he climbed a tree, took a baby raccoon out of its nest and raised it to be a pet. This was in Michigan, more than 70 years ago

Of course Texas and Florida are on there

I have been in possession of a raccoon in North Carolina but I wouldn't say I owned her.

So what if someone got a racoon in a legal state and then later tried to move to CA? Do they have to disown their trash panda?

I just checked and it's illegal in Canada. That makes me happy and sad.

What justifies ownership? Can I just pluck one out of the ~~wild~~ trash and therefor own it?

So in PA this is a weird one. You can have just about anything with an exotic animal permit. In order to get an exotic animal permit, you pay $50/yr, but you also need two years training with someone who has an exotic animal permit AND is specifically permitted to handle the type of animal you're trying to handle. There are also rules around getting various animals at both the state and federal level, and a few species are exceptions because of their potential to go feral and ratfuck our entire ecosystem but assuming the getting is legal the having is also legal with the permit.

What I want is a map of the states where owning a raccoon was expressly, specifically made legal. States where the law plainly says that it is legal to own a raccoon.

Loopholes, sloppy legislation, and situations where someone can say “well, it’s not technically against the law” do not count.

Seeing Texas and Florida on there tells me there must be very good reasons for it to be illegal.