All you need for a tiger in Texas is a permit... but you try and get a Fennec fox and watch what the fuck happens.
note: you have to get a fur bearing license, which means, at some point you're probably going to have to either breed the shit out of your fox or kill it yourself. How fucked up is that?!
It's just an overarching law about foxes, as apparently they are considered pests here; native or not. If it were an invasive species issue I'd totally understand, but it isn't... it's literally only because of how the law deals with foxes.
Super cute photo! On a serious note though tigers and other wild animals are not pets. In areas that do allow ownership for whatever insane reason please don't buy a wild animal. Babies that are sold are almost always either taken from the wild after slaughtering their parents (contributing to the diminishing population) and selling their parts or bred by extremely irresponsible people who don't care about the animals' welfare.
On top of that most people who want a wild animal as a pet only want them because aw how cute or because it looks cool. They don't take into consideration how complicated PROPERLY caring for it will be (space, shelter, nutrition, healthcare, ability to express natural behaviors) or what happens when it gets too big/strong to handle safely. Best case scenario these animals eventually end up in a zoo or sanctuary like mine that can actually take care of them. Worst case scenario they get killed.
note: you have to get a fur bearing license, which means, at some point you're probably going to have to either breed the shit out of your fox or kill it yourself. How fucked up is that?!
On top of that most people who want a wild animal as a pet only want them because aw how cute or because it looks cool. They don't take into consideration how complicated PROPERLY caring for it will be (space, shelter, nutrition, healthcare, ability to express natural behaviors) or what happens when it gets too big/strong to handle safely. Best case scenario these animals eventually end up in a zoo or sanctuary like mine that can actually take care of them. Worst case scenario they get killed.