Editing Pet (section)

==== Limitations on species ====
{{Further|Exotic pet#Legality}}
States, cities, and towns in [[Western world|Western countries]] commonly enact local ordinances to limit the number or kind of pets a person may keep personally or for business purposes. Prohibited pets may be specific to [[Breed-specific legislation|certain breeds]] such as [[pit bull]]s or [[Rottweiler]]s, they may apply to general categories of animals (such as [[livestock]], [[Exotic pet|exotic animals]], [[Wildlife|wild animals]], and [[Canid hybrid|canid]] or [[Felid hybrid|felid]] hybrids), or they may simply be based on the animal's size. Additional or different maintenance rules and regulations may also apply. [[Condominium (living space)|Condominium]] associations and owners of [[Lease|rental properties]] also commonly limit or forbid tenants' keeping of pets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-09 |title=Pet-friendly rental housing comes with restrictions, hard to find {{!}} American Veterinary Medical Association |url=https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2021-10-01/pet-friendly-rental-housing-comes-restrictions-hard-find |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.avma.org |language=en}}</ref>

In [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]], the government publishes [[whitelisting|white lists]] and [[blacklisting|black lists]] (called 'positive' and 'negative lists') with animal species that are designated to be appropriate to be kept as pets (positive) or not (negative). The Dutch [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy]] originally established its first positive list (''positieflijst'') per 1 February 2015 for a set of 100 mammals (including cats, dogs and [[Animal husbandry|production animals]]) deemed appropriate as pets on the recommendations of [[Wageningen University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2015/01/28/kamerbrief-over-invoering-huisdierenlijst-zoogdiersoorten |title=Kamerbrief invoering huisdierenlijst zoogdiersoorten |author=Sharon Dijksma |author-link=Sharon Dijksma |work=Rijksoverheid.nl |publisher=Dutch Government |date=28 January 2015 |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=nl |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806043751/https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2015/01/28/kamerbrief-over-invoering-huisdierenlijst-zoogdiersoorten}}</ref> Parliamentary debates about such a pet list date back to the 1980s, with continuous disagreements about which species should be included and how the law should be enforced.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/een-rendier-mag-dan-weer-wel~b32f520e/ |title=Een rendier mag dan weer wel |work=[[Trouw]] |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=nl}}</ref> In January 2017, the white list was expanded to 123 species, while the black list that had been set up was expanded (with animals like the [[brown bear]] and two great [[kangaroo]] species) to contain 153 species unfit for petting, such as the [[armadillo]], the [[sloth]], the [[European hare]], and the [[wild boar]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bnnvara.nl/kassa/artikelen/lijst-2017-bekend-welke-dieren-mag-jij-als-huisdier-houden |title=Lijst 2017 bekend: welke dieren mag jij als huisdier houden? |author=Rijksoverheid / ANP |publisher=[[BNNVARA]] |date=31 January 2017 |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=nl}}</ref>