{"topic_id":"exotic_pet_legality_us_hi","category":"exotic-pet-legality","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_pet_legality_us_hi\ncategory: exotic-pet-legality\ntitle: \"Hawai'i — restricted pet animals (Admin Rules Ch.4-71 §4-71-6.5)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Hawai'i Administrative Rules Chapter 4-71, §4-71-6.5 LIST OF RESTRICTED ANIMALS (Nov 28, 2006) — official restricted-animal list (verbatim text), extracted 2026-07-23 via Tavily\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-legality/hi_restricted_animals.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-23\ntokens_estimated: 250\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 6\n  passed: 6\n  date: 2026-07-23\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-pet-legality/exotic_pet_legality_us_hi/01_exotic_pet_legality_us_hi.md\nsource_document: \"Regional / state exotic pet legality law\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"California Department of Fish and Wildlife — 'Living with Wildlife'\"\n  title: \"Hawai'i — restricted pet animals (Admin Rules Ch.4-71 §4-71-6.5)\"\n  url: \"\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-23\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: true\n---\n\n# Hawai'i — restricted pet animals (Admin Rules Ch.4-71 §4-71-6.5)\n\nSource: Hawai'i Administrative Rules Chapter 4-71, **§4-71-6.5 LIST OF RESTRICTED ANIMALS (November 28, 2006)** — the official restricted-animal list (verbatim regulation text), extracted 2026-07-23. First-hand regulation; C1 substring-verified against `pdf-raw/exotic-legality/hi_restricted_animals.txt`.\n\nHawai'i restricts a very broad range of non-domestic animals as pets. Among the pet-relevant restricted mammals listed verbatim: \"Mustela putorius furo ferret\", \"Herpestes auropunctatus mongoose, small Indian\", \"Mesocricetus auratus hamster\", \"Mephitis (all species in genus) skunk\", and \"Meriones unguiculatus gerbil\".\n\nThis covers the state-level \"can I keep an exotic pet in Hawai'i?\" question — the HI list is a near-universal restriction (most non-domestic species are listed), unlike the positive allow-list used by some other states.\n\nVerbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file + this body):\n1. \"§4-71-6.5 LIST OF RESTRICTED ANIMALS November 28, 2006\"\n2. \"Mustela putorius furo ferret\"\n3. \"Herpestes auropunctatus mongoose, small Indian\"\n4. \"Mesocricetus auratus hamster\"\n5. \"Mephitis (all species in genus) skunk\"\n6. \"Meriones unguiculatus gerbil\"\n","sources":["California Department of Fish and Wildlife — 'Living with Wildlife' — Hawai'i — restricted pet animals (Admin Rules Ch.4-71 §4-71-6.5) (retrieved 2026-07-23)"],"source":{"authority":"California Department of Fish and Wildlife — 'Living with Wildlife'","title":"Hawai'i — restricted pet animals (Admin Rules Ch.4-71 §4-71-6.5)","url":"https://www.iucnredlist.org/","retrieved":"2026-07-23","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Regional / state exotic pet legality law","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-legality/hi_restricted_animals.txt"},"source_document":"Regional / state exotic pet legality law","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-legality/hi_restricted_animals.txt","tokens_estimated":250,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}