Can someone explain what the licencing arrangements are with this group? I doubt that in NSW something like this would ever fly so am curious if VIC accepts this.
While the intentions may be good, the system could easily be taken advantage of either intentionally or accidentally.
What should be done with reptiles that are clearly escaped pets or accidentally translocated from other areas (such as banana box frogs)? They can not and should not be released in the wild, so who is going to take care of them?
In NSW some of these animals may end up in wildlife parks or as educational animals used by wildlife groups but the numbers here are not large.
Rehoming is obviously a preferred alternative to euthenasia of course, but once a value is added to the animals then problems may arise with people taking advantage of the situation.
Perhaps rehoming should be allowed on a first time first served ballot basis such that people put their name down for the animals that they want and wait till their name comes up. All animals should be microchipped as being rehomed animals and as such not available for re-sale. The initial owner of the animal pays for the microchipping costs but cannot onsell the animal so that the animal has no value. The animal can be transferred to another owner but both owners need to declare that no money was involved.
It may sound good but who is going to police this?
