Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976

Licences are required for any animal listed on a schedule under the law. These licences will only be granted when the authority is satisfied that it would not be contrary to public interest, not on the grounds of safety or nuisance and that the animal's accommodation is adequate and secure. Where the local authority grant a licence it shall impose conditions on the licence covering issues such as: - • a requirement that the animal be kept only by a person or persons named on the licence; • restrictions on the movement of the animal from the premises as specified on the licence; and • a requirement that the licence holder has a current insurance policy which ensures both licence holders and others against any liability caused by the animal. ==Species scheduled as dangerous==

The act has two separate but almost identical schedules, respectively applicable to England and Wales and to Scotland. These give the scientific name of the relevant taxon, sometimes with a common name gloss. Mammals: • Macropodidae: the western grey, eastern grey, and red kangaroo; the wallaroo • most primates; except night monkeys, titi, squirrel monkeys, and bamboo lemurs • the Tasmanian devil • All bears, camels, elephants, eared seals, Giraffidae, Hippopotamidae, Rhinocerotidae, peccary, tapir, and walrus • the aardvark, fossa, giant armadillo, giant anteater, and pronghorn • Bovidae except the domestic cattle, buffalo, goat, and sheep • Canidae except the fox, culpeo, grey zorro, raccoon dogs, and domestic dog • Equidae except the donkey and domestic horse • Larger Felidae • Many Mustelidae, but not the European otter • Suidae except the domestic pig (farmed wild boar is also excepted in Scotland) • Viverrinae except the small Indian civet • True seals except the common seal and grey seal • Hyenas except the aardwolf • Moose and Caribou except domestic reindeer • Many hybrids where one or both parents are classified as dangerous Birds: • cassowary, ostrich Reptiles: • Crocodilians: all Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae, Gavialidae • Snakes: all Atractaspis, Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae; many Colubridae • All Helodermatidae Invertebrates: • Spiders: All Ctenidae, Hexathelidae, Sicariidae, Theridiidae • Scorpions: All Buthidae; and Hemiscorpius lepturus ==References==