Can you have a river otter for a pet in Texas?

While Texas requires owners of exotic animals to obtain a lisence or permit before obtaining the animal, river otters are not on the list of these animals. Dangerous wild animals are defined as lions, tigers, ocelots, cougars, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, bobcats, lynxes, servals, caracals, hyenas, bears, coyotes, jackals, baboons, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, or any hybrids of the animals listed. However, there are no requirements for a person possessing all other animal not listed above, such as monkeys, wolves etc.