cjpossum
Well-Known Member
For thoes who are interested, and seeking comments on reptile business in QLD.
We are looking at breeding a few species of reptiles next year, not unlike many other people.
We are seeking approval from the QLD government to be allowed to register a business for breeding reptiles in QLD, as a main income source and for taxation reasons. We are not going to become a 'factory' just operating like any normal keeper but just able to claim income and expences from the keeping and breeding of various snakes and lizards.
I asked my local MP to put forward a proposal for us and here is the reply from the Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation.
Your thoughts are appreciated, and please keep it clean and civil as some of may be included in our responce and hopefully be a win for anybody else in QLD who wants to do this.
Cheers.
“Thank you for your letter of 25 November 2008 making representation on behalf of ................................................................................................... concerning commercial breeding and selling of Black headed python, Woma python and albino carpet pythons.”
“The legislative framework of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) provides for the commercial use of three species of pythons: the children’s python, spotted python and stimson’s python, all of which are protected species of a ‘least concern’ conservation status. These are well established and popular in trade and have no special husbandry needs. There are no concerns regarding the viability of these species in the wild.”
“There is a commercial interest in a range of other pythons. However, their potential to be targeted for illegal collection from the wild, with associated local extinctions, has prevented their listing for use in commercial breeding or sale. This is the case for the black-headed python (although a ‘least concern’ species) and the woma python, which is listed as a ‘rare’ species.Wildlife management experience has generally shown that the more individuals of a species entering the commercial market, the more challenging it becomes to distinguish unlawful from lawful possession and trade.”
“There is no ability under the NCA to authorise ................................... to commercially breed and sell black headed and woma pythons. Black headed pythons can be bred and sold under a Recreational Wildlife Licence, but only in line with taxation restrictions that define a recreational use from a commercial use. This has the effect of limiting the numbers of (Queensland) black headed pythons which may otherwise be involved in trade and associated movement within and outside of Queensland.”
“The NCA also seeks to ensure that wild populations of protected wildlife are not impacted by the escape, or release of hybrids or mutations of their species. Accordingly, the NCA prohibits persons from knowingly breed an animal selectively to produce a hybrid or mutation of a protected animal. As albinism is considered to be mutation, this includes breeding of albino carpet pythons.”
We are looking at breeding a few species of reptiles next year, not unlike many other people.
We are seeking approval from the QLD government to be allowed to register a business for breeding reptiles in QLD, as a main income source and for taxation reasons. We are not going to become a 'factory' just operating like any normal keeper but just able to claim income and expences from the keeping and breeding of various snakes and lizards.
I asked my local MP to put forward a proposal for us and here is the reply from the Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation.
Your thoughts are appreciated, and please keep it clean and civil as some of may be included in our responce and hopefully be a win for anybody else in QLD who wants to do this.
Cheers.
“Thank you for your letter of 25 November 2008 making representation on behalf of ................................................................................................... concerning commercial breeding and selling of Black headed python, Woma python and albino carpet pythons.”
“The legislative framework of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) provides for the commercial use of three species of pythons: the children’s python, spotted python and stimson’s python, all of which are protected species of a ‘least concern’ conservation status. These are well established and popular in trade and have no special husbandry needs. There are no concerns regarding the viability of these species in the wild.”
“There is a commercial interest in a range of other pythons. However, their potential to be targeted for illegal collection from the wild, with associated local extinctions, has prevented their listing for use in commercial breeding or sale. This is the case for the black-headed python (although a ‘least concern’ species) and the woma python, which is listed as a ‘rare’ species.Wildlife management experience has generally shown that the more individuals of a species entering the commercial market, the more challenging it becomes to distinguish unlawful from lawful possession and trade.”
“There is no ability under the NCA to authorise ................................... to commercially breed and sell black headed and woma pythons. Black headed pythons can be bred and sold under a Recreational Wildlife Licence, but only in line with taxation restrictions that define a recreational use from a commercial use. This has the effect of limiting the numbers of (Queensland) black headed pythons which may otherwise be involved in trade and associated movement within and outside of Queensland.”
“The NCA also seeks to ensure that wild populations of protected wildlife are not impacted by the escape, or release of hybrids or mutations of their species. Accordingly, the NCA prohibits persons from knowingly breed an animal selectively to produce a hybrid or mutation of a protected animal. As albinism is considered to be mutation, this includes breeding of albino carpet pythons.”
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