<P> Other legal issues: </P> <Ul> <Li> Australia: All hedgehogs are classified as exotic pets that are illegal to import . </Li> <Li> Canada: <Ul> <Li> In Quebec, European hedgehogs are illegal . African Pygmy hedgehogs are legal . </Li> <Li> In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owning a hedgehog is prohibited by by - law . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom: European hedgehogs are protected and cannot be kept as pets . African Pygmy hedgehogs may legally be kept as pets . </Li> <Li> United States: <Ul> <Li> In Idaho and Oregon, European hedgehogs are illegal . African Pygmy hedgehogs are legal . </Li> <Li> In New Jersey and Wyoming, a permit is required . </Li> <Li> In Wisconsin, an import permit from the state department of agriculture is required to bring a hedgehog into the state . </Li> <Li> In Fairfax County, Virginia, all hedgehogs are illegal . </Li> <Li> In Pennsylvania, hedgehogs may not be imported into the state, but hedgehogs in the state as of 1992 and their descendants are at least theoretically allowed . In practice, enforcement of this law has been rumored to be arbitrary and ill - informed . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Singapore: Hedgehogs of all kinds are illegal, along with other exotic pets such as iguanas, tarantulas, scorpions, and snakes . </Li> <Li> Turkey: European hedgehogs are protected and cannot be kept as pets . African Pygmy hedgehogs may not legally be kept as pets . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Australia: All hedgehogs are classified as exotic pets that are illegal to import . </Li> <Li> Canada: <Ul> <Li> In Quebec, European hedgehogs are illegal . African Pygmy hedgehogs are legal . </Li> <Li> In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owning a hedgehog is prohibited by by - law . </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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