Would a pet mongoose be dangerous to young children?

Mongoose. a deadly fast creature that can take on Cobras and have even been seen fighting and killing Wolverines (in captivity. there are some sick people out there). Now, I'm not saying that without proper raising and effort you couldn't make a reasonably tame Mongoose. read more

A mongoose has teeth and jaws strong enough to punch through quality leather. read more

Keeping a wild animal such a mongoose as a pet is iffy at best. As the mongoose is already present in force in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, there's no problem keeping one as a pet there. How how many are kept illegally in the rest of the United States is anybody's guess -- nobody's likely to advertise that. read more

You don’t, as far as I know they are still considered wild animals, and therefore illegal to have as a pet. I would suggest getting a ferret instead. Even ferrets are illegal in some states. Like Calif, you can bring one into the state, as long as you can prove it is a neutered male, and was a pet in another state. read more