It is illegal to have no papers. Ostrich is a national first-class protected animal. Raising two ostriches without a license constitutes the crime of illegally hunting precious and endangered wild animals and is subject to criminal punishment according to law. It is not illegal to keep one or two ostriches privately. However, you must go to the local forestry department for a license in advance to breed. The following procedures and certificates are required to raise ostriches: 1. The applicant applies to the county forestry bureau to explain the ostrich breeding scale, capital, breeding technology and other related information, and at the same time provide the ostrich source certificate and breeding place certificate; 2. After on-site verification by the County Forestry Bureau, the applicant fills in the Application Form for Domestication and Breeding of Wild Animals, and the County Forestry Bureau submits the application form, application and other related materials to the Wildlife Protection Department of the Municipal Forestry Bureau for examination and approval, and then issues the License for Domestication and Breeding of Wild Animals and the License for Operation of Wild Animals; 3. Finally, go to the local industrial and commercial department to apply for a business license for individual or private enterprises; 4. If you raise ostriches for sale, you need to go to the relevant animal husbandry department for animal epidemic prevention certificate. Measures for the administration of domestication and breeding licenses for wildlife under special state protection Article 5 Units and individuals that domesticate and breed wildlife must submit a written application to the local wildlife administrative department at the county level and fill out the Application Form for the domestication and breeding license for wildlife under special state protection. The domestication and breeding of wild animals under national first-class protection shall be reported to the Ministry of Forestry for examination and approval by the competent forestry administrative departments of the governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; The domestication and breeding of wild animals under second-class national protection shall be examined and approved by the competent forestry administrative departments of the governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Domestication and Breeding License for National Key Protected Wild Animals Article 5 Units and individuals who domesticate and breed wild animals must submit a written application to the wildlife administrative department of the local county-level government and fill in the Application Form for Domestication and Breeding License for National Key Protected Wild Animals. The domestication and breeding of wild animals under national first-class protection shall be reported to the Ministry of Forestry for examination and approval by the competent forestry administrative departments of the governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; The domestication and breeding of wild animals under second-class national protection shall be examined and approved by the competent forestry administrative departments of the governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Units and individuals that have been approved to domesticate and breed wild animals shall hold domestication and breeding licenses issued by the forestry administrative departments of the governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. "Domestication and Breeding License" and "Application Form for Domestication and Breeding License of National Key Protected Wild Animals" are uniformly printed by the Ministry of Forestry. Article 341 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) illegally hunts and kills rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection, or illegally buys, transports or sells rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection and their products, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and shall also be fined or confiscated. Whoever, in violation of hunting laws and regulations, hunts in a game reserve or during a game ban or uses prohibited tools and methods to destroy wildlife resources, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or a fine.