15 Wild Pets That Were Legal in the U.S.—Until Very Recently
You could once keep a tiger in your backyard. Legally. Not a stuffed toy. Not a “tiger-patterned” housecat. A real, living, 400-pound apex predator—purring on your porch like it owned the place. And that wasn’t even the weirdest one. From venomous lizards to monkeys with attitude, America’s pet laws were once a wild ride. Want …