Steve Featherstone and Little Ray's crocodiles 2:04
Steve Featherstone and Little Ray's crocodiles 2:04
The large snakes, lizards and crocodiles banished by Hamilton's responsible pet ownership bylaw could be coming back to town.
Little Ray's Reptile Zoo in Hamilton announced Sunday the facility was granted accreditation by Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums at its annual conference in Moncton, N.B., this weekend.
That was the missing piece after the city agreed to bend its animal control bylaw earlier this year to allow the zoo to continue.
Steve Featherstone, the facility's owner, said Sunday the accreditation will allow him to bring back his large reptiles from their exile in Ottawa at another Little Ray's facility. Last year, he had to move around 10 arachnids, 11 crocodilians, eight snakes and one lizard from his Hamilton zoo to comply with the city bylaw.
"This puts our zoo on par for standards in all aspects of our company with the largest zoos in Canada," Featherstone said.
A large green anaconda, a couple of other large snakes and a few crocodilians will return to Hamilton, he said. Some of them will be used in shows in the community, which city councillors were concerned about this year.
"We do have some animals that are prohibited for a lot of organizations that we will use for outreach, but we have very high standards and very high policies and procedures."
In August 2013, Little Ray's asked the city for an exemption to its animal control bylaw prohibiting pythons longer than three feet. Featherstone was given warning to move his animals out, including a four-foot West African crocodile and a green anaconda.
By December 2013, Featherstone was moving the banned reptiles to Ottawa and bringing in an endangered species exhibit. The move hurt attendance and revenue levels. He cheered the city's flexibility as it created an exemption pending this accreditation earlier this year.
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