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For an emotional support animal, the housing provider can ask for supporting documentation from a medical provider who treats the individual to verify that they are a person with a disability and have a disability-related need for the animal.

For example, included on the list of exempt species (which may be kept as pets) are certain boas and pythons, snapping turtles, toucans, hedgehogs, and chinchillas; however, absent from the exemption list (i.e., private ownership is not permitted) are species including bears, tigers, primates, venomous snakes, and ...

Summary: This section exempts some animals from Massachusetts' exotic pet ban. The animals that have been added to this license-exemption list include boas and pythons, skinks, parrots, hedgehogs, chinchillas, and flying squirrels, among others.

Permit applications can be obtained from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife at 100 Cambridge Street, Leverett Saltonstall Building, Room 1902, Boston, MA 02202. Their telephone number is (617) 727-3151.

Any animal listed in any rarity category of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, any category of federal endangered species law, or listed on the Massachusetts List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern species may not be possessed without a permit.

General. The Board of Health requires all persons who wish to maintain any large animal (including but not limited to swine, horses, cattle, goats and sheep) or more than five small animals (including but not limited to ducks, fowl, poultry, pigeons and rabbits) to obtain a permit for the keeping of such animals.