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hey pinkie if your with wires can you catch an injured animal and keep them on surtain technicalities or do they have to be let go :?:
by the way nice to hear from you
 
Hi Rk and thanks :)
No you can't keep an injured rescued wild animal with Wires. In most cases they are 'put to sleep' if they cannot survive in the wild.
It would be against our policy to keep them captive and everything we stand for: "Rescue, Rehabilitation, Release".

In a couple of circumstances however, I know of people who have had blind possums and then applied for PC (permanent care). In this case you have to pay for a special license with NPWS and give reason as to why you want to keep them and let an officer come and inspect where they would be kept (the space, etc would need to be sufficient, the environment similar to that in the wild, etc). In this case the lady has a blind adult male and female and she uses them as surrogate parents for her orphaned possums.
I dont know of many people who do this type of thing. It involves a lot of paper work and a lot of inspections by NPWS, and most people in Wires are against it.
 
It's interesting that wild caught animals can be distributed to keepers in NSW by ballot without too much paperwork but there's so much red tape through wires.....
 
Hey JM
We don't really know where the reptiles for the ballot came from.
When i picked up my 2 BT's ben said that they couldn't release any information about them at this stage, just that they were seized reptiles, he didn't say if they where stolen, smuggled, e.t.c.
he said if taronga Zoo doesn't want them they usually get 'put to sleep'.

I thibnk it is a good idea to have a ballot for them because they were all given the A-OK form taronga.
 
Hi Saikrett - Sorry, I didn't mean the NPWS ones. If you're a member of the AHS for example, you can be put on a list which allows you, in a certain order or by ballot, to claim a reptile that's been rescued by one of their members for no cost. I think this still exists - i actually found my way onto the list even though I'm not a membet and someone called me asking If I wanted a diamond python - as I wasn't a member I had to decline :)) I think the herp societies have been allowed to do this for years which is why there was annoyance from some quarters about the NPWS ballot...

Cheers,

J-M
 
JM: I think the all the red tape is because I am mainly referring to native mammals, more specifically nocturnal mammals (possums, gliders) that have highly specialised nesting/feeding requirements, etc. And you can't have a licence to have these as pets in the first place (unless you own a zoo)! I think thats why NPWS are extremely careful about it.

I haven't yet heard about anyone in Wires keeping a reptile on as PC (permanent care), if they overcome their injuries they are usually releasable as they can adapt to their injuries better than mammals. If we get an exotic in (and believe me, we get many), then we notify NPWS immediately and it is either taken to a zoo or put to sleep. We get a lot of escaped illegal corn snakes apparently although I'm yet to rescue one.
 
If anybody went to the Hawksburry herp society meeting last night they would of heard of certain kids from the club caught red handed by NPWS officials catching eastern water dragons.Upon being caught they remarked that they thought owning a RK licence they could do such.When further questioned they then dropped certain peoples names from the club thus giving the society a bad rep as not educating there members. It is there on your licence in black and white that you cannot catch wild stock. As a child I caught and kept the odd blue tongue and bearded dragon etc as im sure we all did,But now educated on NPWS regulations I know better. These people especially those that hold a rk licence and should be well informed on the rules of reptile keeping should face strict consequences for there actions.
 
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