Don’t even think about getting a pet bear

Pets banned by New York State in 2005:
•    Monitors (big lizards), including these five types: water, black throat, white throat, crocodile and Nile.
•    Venomous reptiles, including all venomous snakes and two lizards with poison bites.
•    Crocodilians, including crocodiles, caimans, alligators and Indian gharial.
•    Large constricting snakes.
•    Primates, such as rhesus monkeys, and prosimians, such as lemurs.
•    All members of the family Felidae, except domestic and feral cats. This includes lions, tigers and jaguars.
•    All members of the family Canidae, including wolves. Exceptions: domestic dogs and fennec foxes.
•    All bears.