LAMBTON SHORES, ONT.—It’s now illegal to keep a lion in a community on the shores of southern Lake Huron. Ditto for fruit bats, anteaters, kangaroos and chimpanzees, after councillors in Lambton Shores, Ont., passed the municipality’s first exotic-animal bylaw on Monday. Lambton Shores, Ont., passed the municipality’s first exotic-animal bylaw on Monday making it illegal to keep a lion and other exotic animals as pets. Lambton Shores Mayor Bill Weber says the bylaw was adopted quickly amid a “great deal of public concern” about a planned sanctuary near Grand Bend. The couple planned to meet with a lawyer on Thursday to discuss their next move, she said.

Source: thestar April 17, 2019 18:22 UTC