4. Other Wild Animals While tigers are a specific animal that a lot of Texans seem to seek out as pets, there's a whole slew of other animals that are technically legal for people to own, which they probably shouldn't. Technically, a person can legally own a large selection of animals that might worry their neighbors if some minimal requirements are met. Bears, gorillas, chimpanzees, jackals, hyenas, leopards, and cheetahs are but a few from that list. But again, unless a person is either Tarzan or a professional zookeeper, it's probably a lot more trouble than it's worth to build a proper cheetah enclosure and care for that animal. But, hey, if a person wants to be the most irresponsible and reviled neighbor for miles around, caging up a bear might go a long way towards accomplishing that goal. Curiously, as far as I can tell, wolves aren't on the list of dangerous wild animals that require registration to own, but coyotes are. We have some weird laws here, that's for sure.

3. Venomous Snakes

I consider this as a different category than the dangerous wild animals listed above, but the fact that it's relatively easy to legally own a venomous serpent here in Texas further illustrates we have pretty lax laws in regards to animals an individual can own. The regulations covering which venomous snakes are legal to own are confusing to me, but $20 will get a person a Recreational Controlled Exotic Snakes permit at any place that sells hunting licenses, and that seems to cover all "non-indigenous venomous snakes" and a number of constrictors. Does that mean a regular person can legally own a cobra here? That I don't know, and I'd have to research that more, but I'll assume that if you need an inexpensive license to own non-indigenous poisonous snakes, that means people can own a few varieties not found here, and it sounds as if they don't need a license to keep any of the local varieties as pets.