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Miss. Code Ann. § 49-8-5

Animals inherently dangerous to humans

Laws, 1997, ch. 571, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 23, 1997

The following wild animals are classed as animals inherently dangerous to humans:

Order Primates:

Family Pongidae (gibbons, orangutan, chimpanzees, siamangs and gorillas) – all species;

Family Cercopithecidae:

A. Genus Macaca (macaques) – all species;

B. Genus Papio (mandrills, drills and baboons) – all species;

C. Theropithecus Gelada (Gelada baboon);

Order Carnivora:

Family Canidae:

A. Genus Canis (wolves, jackals and dingos; all species, including crosses between wolves and domestic animals);

B. Chrysocyon brachyurus (maned wolf);

C. Cuon alpinus (red dog);

D. Lycaon pictus (African hunting dog);

Family Ursidae (bears) – all species;

Family Mustelidae – Gulo gulo (wolverine);

Family Hyaenidae (hyenas) – all species;

Family Felidae:

A. Genus Leo or Panthera or Neofelis (lions, tigers, jaguars and leopards) – all species;

B. Unica unica (snow leopard);

C. Acinonyx jubatus (cheetah);

D. Felis concolor (cougar) – all subspecies;

Order Proboscidae: Family Elephantidae (elephants) – all species;

Order Perissodactyla: Family Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses) – all species;

Order Artiodactyla:

Family Hippopotamidae – Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus);

Family Bovidae: Syncerus caffer (African buffalo).

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.