Actually owning the animals in pahrump isnt against the law if you have a special permit. But the conditions they found some of these animals living in now has the folks in charge of taking care of the creatures facing animal cruelty charges. The exotic animals were loaded up into trailers today. It was a grueling process as you can imagine these animals arent able to be transferred easily. Theyre being taken to a usda the owners had the proper permits for the large cats. However Sheriff Deputies responded to the house this week after getting tipped off about a fennec fox and and candaian siberian lynx hybrids locked up in bedrooms where they were urinating and deficating on the walls and carpet. The fennec fox is illegal to have in nevada. Detectives couldnt quite believe what they saw when they entered the home. sgt. Michael eisenloffel Nye County Sheriff Office well its sort of disturbing. You know animals are living creatures and deserve to live in proper conditions and properly fe