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Anonymous
I posted the info about Squarlet, but I'm not her owner. I just read about her on Flickr.
Anyway, I can't speak for other countries, but the way it works in most US states is that you can't keep a native animal as a pet. However, you can keep a non-native species of squirrel. Also, some states will let you keep a squirrel even if it is a native species, so long as you can prove that yours came from out of state. For example, I live in Texas. I could legally buy a fox squirrel (native species to TX) from an out-of-state breeder and keep it as a pet, so long as I could document that the squirrel came from out of state, and wasn't a wild-caught one. This is easy enough--just pay for the squirrel by some method that leaves a record, and get a sales receipt from the breeder.
Also, you can keep native species if it is for rescue or rehabilitiation purposes. The exact details of how this works varies from area to area. In some cases you have to have a license for this, but it is usually simple to get one.
If you want a pet squirrel the easiest route is simply to find a non-native species. There are many types of squirrel so this shouldn't be difficult.
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