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Hawai'i — restricted pet animals (Admin Rules Ch.4-71 §4-71-6.5)

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Hawai'i — restricted pet animals (Admin Rules Ch.4-71 §4-71-6.5)

Source: 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.

Hawai'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".

This 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.

Verbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file + this body):

  1. "§4-71-6.5 LIST OF RESTRICTED ANIMALS November 28, 2006"
  2. "Mustela putorius furo ferret"
  3. "Herpestes auropunctatus mongoose, small Indian"
  4. "Mesocricetus auratus hamster"
  5. "Mephitis (all species in genus) skunk"
  6. "Meriones unguiculatus gerbil"

Sources

  • Hawai'i Admin Rules Ch.4-71 §4-71-6.5 LIST OF RESTRICTED ANIMALS (Nov 28, 2006), extracted 2026-07-23 via Tavily

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