While there are state laws regarding pet ownership, individual cities can enact their own ordinances or laws around pets. In Tyler you can have no more than four dogs or cats in your household. You also cannot have chickens or other fowl unless you’re in a specifically zoned area inside the city limits (cityoftyler.org). In Longview, the pet laws are very similar (longviewtexas.gov).
While Tyler and Longview’s pet laws are pretty straight forward, some Texas cities have some weird laws on the books (texascapital.org). For instance:
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- El Paso – Illegal for donkeys to sleep in a bathtub.
- Austin – Illegal to carrying an Armadillo across state line.
- Houston – Illegal to own horses in a residential area.
- Corpus Christi – Illegal to let your dogs run…