Hi all,
While on the topic of radio reports, there was an interesting bulletin yesterday on Background briefing entitled ‘The great native pet debate’, by Ian Walker. Listen to the audio at
It talks about a soon-to-be-released feasibility study that may recommend trials using two species, the Eastern Quoll and Mitchell’s Hopping Mouse. The basic aim is to improve conservation outcomes for our native species.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
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Without wanting to open up this Pandora’s box again the so called ‘conservation gains’ are ‘pie in the sky’ and it really is only people wanting to make money in a novel way or to have an interesting pet in their high rise apartment. In saying this I think that children should be allowed to grow up with the experience of watching tadpoles turn into frogs and having up close and personal interactions with reptiles. But think about whether an Eastern Quoll could behave naturally in a domesticated state.
Greg Clancy Ecologist Coutts Crossing NSW
Hi Tim The NT Government released a list of native species that could be kept without permits several years ago. See below.
WILDLIFE WHICH MAY BE KEPT WITHOUT A PERMIT IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY Please be advised that the wildlife listed must have been obtained lawfully. Permits are still required to take wildlife from the wild or to Import or Export from the Northern Territory. BIRDS King Quail Coturnix chinensis Bourke¹s Parrot Neopsephotus bourkii Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatas Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis Galah Cacatua rosicapilla Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii Long-Tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda Red-Collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax MAMMALS Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis) REPTILES Centralian blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua multifasciata Central Netted Dragon Ctenophorus nuchalis Central Bearded Dragon Pogona vitticeps Children¹s Python Antaresia childreni Northern long-necked Turtle Chelodina rugosa Common blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua scincoides AMPHIBIANS Common frogs of the Northern Territory may be kept as pets. Should you wish to trade in frogs you will need a permit.
http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/permits/ferret_fc.html Regards Denise L Goodfellow
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