Requirements for Importing and Keeping Wildlife in Tasmania

30 Pages·2017·0.58 MB·English

by  Tom Jackson

Requirements for importing and keeping wildlife in
Tasmania under the Nature Conservation Act 2002

Photos: Kellie Lovell

Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Version: 0.1, 2017
1. Overview
This document outlines requirements for importing and keeping wildlife in Tasmania in accordance with
provisions of the Nature Conservation Act 2002. It is a guide to the arrangements applied by DPIPWE, and it
provides detail of prior decisions and requirements that stakeholders must meet. It should be read in
association with the Policy on Importing (and Keeping) Vertebrate Wildlife in Tasmania.
This guide is specific to the requirements of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 and the associated Wildlife
(General) Regulations 2010 and Wildlife (Exhibited Animals) Regulations 2010. However, the requirements in this
guide are not the only requirements that apply to importing and keeping wildlife in Tasmania. There are
other requirements under the Animal Health Act 1995 and the Animal Welfare Act 1993, as well as
requirements of national legislation, such as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999,
and the legislation of other Australian states and territories.
This guide outlines requirements that apply to specific animals or groups of animals under the following
headings:
3.1. Invertebrates
3.2. Amphibians
3.3. Reptiles
3.4. Birds
3.5. Mammals
Anyone seeking to import or keep wildlife in Tasmania should contact the Wildlife Management Branch and
Biosecurity Tasmania to discuss the requirements that will apply.

2. Contact
For further information contact:
Wildlife Management Branch
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected].
Biosecurity Tasmania
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]

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3. Summary Tables of Import and Keeping Requirements
The following sections outline the import requirements and keeping requirements that apply to each animal.
If an animal is not on the following lists, please contact the Wildlife Management Branch to discuss
arrangements that may apply.
The terms used in the following lists have the following meanings.
Term Meaning
- means there are no requirements under that heading.
controlled animal means a mammal, bird, amphibian and reptile, and any animal listed as
controlled animal is Schedule 7A of the Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010, but
does not include any restricted animal, dog, cat, or domestic stock
domestic stock means an animal listed as domestic stock under Schedule 7 of the Wildlife
(General) Regulations 2010
educational display business means a DPIPWE-approved business that displays reptiles for educational
purposes
exhibition licence means a licence issued for the exhibition of wildlife in accordance with the
Wildlife (Exhibited Animals) Regulations 2010
exhibition licence holder means a person who holds a wildlife exhibition licence
farming means raising stock for primary production
high security requirements means that strict security requirements will apply to the housing of the animal
import permit required means that an import permit is required to import the animal into Tasmania
import permitted means that the animal is approved for import into Tasmania
import prohibited means that the animal is prohibited from being imported into Tasmania
NCA means the Nature Conservation Act 2002
partly protected wildlife means an animal listed as partly protected wildlife under Schedule 4 of the
Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010
permit required to possess means that a permit is required to possess the animal in accordance with the
Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010
permit required to release means that a permit is required to release the animal into the wild
protected wildlife means an animal listed as protected wildlife under Schedule 2 of the Wildlife
(General) Regulations 2010
protected wildlife which can be bought, sold or means an animal listed as protected wildlife which can be bought, sold or held
held without a permit without a permit under Schedule 3 of the Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010
research institutions means an institution, such as a university, licensed under the Animal Welfare Act
1993
restricted (special purpose) wildlife means an animal listed as restricted (special purpose) wildlife under Schedule 6
of the Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010
restricted animal means a fox, wolf, dingo, and mink, and any animal listed under Schedule 5 of
the Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010, and a hybrid of any of these animals
specially protected wildlife means an animal listed as specially protected wildlife under Schedule 1 of the
Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010
species management plan means a DPIPWE-approved management plan for the housing and welfare of a
particular animal
travelling wildlife exhibition means a travelling show in which wildlife from a wildlife exhibition perform or
are exhibited
travelling wildlife exhibition permit means a permit issued for a travelling wildlife exhibition in accordance with the
Wildlife (Exhibited Animals) Regulations 2010
wildlife display permit means a permit issued for the display of wildlife in accordance with the Wildlife

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(Exhibited Animals) Regulations 2010
3.1. Invertebrates
Common Name Species Import Requirements Requirements for Keeping
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Beetle, Assassin Bug (Order
Family Reduviidae, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
Hemiptera)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Beetle, Bess (Passalid Beetle)
Family Passalidae, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
(Order Coleoptera)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Beetle, Longicorn (Order
Family Cerambycidae, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
Coleoptera)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Beetle, Stag (Order
Family Lucanidae, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
Coleoptera)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Centipedes (Class Chilopoda) Family Scolopendridae, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Cockroach, Australian Wood
Panesthia australis wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Blaberidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Cockroach, Burrowing (Family
Geoscapheus dilatatus wildlife exhibitions only),
Blaberidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Cockroach, Friedman's Bark
Laxta friedmani wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Blaberidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Cockroach, Giant Burrowing permitted (approved travelling permit required
(Giant Knobby Cockroach) Parapanesthia gigantea wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Blaberidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Cockroach, Surinam (Family
Pycnoscelus surinamensis wildlife exhibitions only),
Blaberidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Cricket, King (Family
Australostoma spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Stenopelmatidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements

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Common Name Species Import Requirements Requirements for Keeping
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Cricket, Rainforest (Katydid)
Phricta spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Tettigoniidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Katydid, Spotted (Spotted permitted (approved travelling permit required
Predatory Katydid) (Family Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata wildlife exhibitions only),
Tettigoniidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Mantid, Garden (Green permitted (approved travelling permit required
Mantid, Slender Green Orthodera spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Mantid) (Family Mantidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Mantid, Large Brown (Family
Archimantis spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Mantidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Millipedes, Pill (Class
Order Sphaerotheriida, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
Diplopoda)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Millipedes, Polydesmid (Class
Order Polydesmida, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
Diplopoda)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Millipedes, Spirobolid (Class
Order Spirobolida, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
Diplopoda)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Scorpions (Class Arachnida) Family Buthidae, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Shieldbacked Trapdoor Spider
Idiosoma nigrum wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Idiopidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Slug, Red Triangle (Family
Triboniophorus graeffei wildlife exhibitions only),
Athoracophoridae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Snail, Apple (Family
Pila spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Ampullariidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Snail, Apple (Family
Pomacea spp. permitted (approved travelling permit required
Ampullariidae)
wildlife exhibitions only),

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Common Name Species Import Requirements Requirements for Keeping
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Snail, Fraser's Rainforest
Sphaerospira fraseri wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Camaenidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Snail, Giant Panda (Family
Hedleyella falconeri wildlife exhibitions only),
Caryodidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Snail, Giant Ramshorn (Family
Marisa cornuarietis wildlife exhibitions only),
Ampullariidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Snail, Mitchell's Rainforest permitted (approved travelling permit required
(Rainforest Snail) (Family Thersites spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Camaenidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Snail, Rainforest (Family
Hadra webbi wildlife exhibitions only),
Camaenidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Snail, Ramshorn (Family
Bulinus spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Ampullariidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Adelaide Trapdoor
Blakistonia aurea wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Idiopidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Spider, Australian Common permitted (approved travelling permit required
Whistling (Family Selenocosmia stirlingi wildlife exhibitions only),
Theraphosidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Australian Featherleg
Selenotypus plumipes wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Theraphosidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Spider, Badge Huntsman permitted (approved travelling permit required
(Shield Huntsman Spider) Neosparassus spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Sparassidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Coastal Whistling
Selenocosmia crassipes wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Theraphosidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Spider, Flat Huntsman Delena cancerides Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition

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Common Name Species Import Requirements Requirements for Keeping
(Avondale Spider) (Family permitted (approved travelling permit required
Sparassidae) wildlife exhibitions only),
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Four-spotted Trapdoor
Aganippe subtristis wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Idiopidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Funnelweb (Family
Hadronyche spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Hexathelidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Garden Wolf (Family
Lycosa godeffroyi wildlife exhibitions only),
Lycosidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Giant Huntsman
Typostola barbata wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Sparassidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Golden Orbweavers
Nephila spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Tetragnathidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Golden Trapdoor
Arbanitis spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Idiopidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Grey Wolf (Family
Dingosa simsoni wildlife exhibitions only),
Lycosidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Lichen Huntsman
Pandercetes gracilis wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Sparassidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Little Striped Wolf
Venatrix furcillata wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Lycosidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Mouse (Family
Missulena spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Actinopodidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Spider, Sydney Brown permitted (approved travelling permit required
Misgolas rapax
Trapdoor (Family Idiopidae) wildlife exhibitions only),
import permit required, high

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Common Name Species Import Requirements Requirements for Keeping
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Sydney Funnelweb
Atrax robustus wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Hexathelidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Spider, Sydney Huntsman Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
(Large Huntsman Spider, permitted (approved travelling permit required
Giant Huntsman Spider, Holconia immanis wildlife exhibitions only),
Grey Huntsman Spider) import permit required, high
(Family Sparassidae) security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Tree Funnelweb
Atrax horribillis wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Hexathelidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Tree-stem Trapdoor
Aganippe castellum wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Idiopidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Spider, Tube (Family Idiopidae) Misgolas robertsi wildlife exhibitions only),
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Stick Insect, Children's (Family
Tropidoderus childrenii wildlife exhibitions only),
Phasmatidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Stick Insect, Peppermint permitted (approved travelling permit required
(Pandanus Stick Insect) Megacrania batesii wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Phasmatidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Stick Insect, Ringbarker permitted (approved travelling permit required
Phasmatid (Family Podacanthus wilkinsoni wildlife exhibitions only),
Phasmatidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Stick Insect, Spurlegged permitted (approved travelling permit required
(Spurlegged Phasmatid) Didymuria violescens wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Phasmatidae) import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Stick Insect, Tessellated
Anchiale austrotessulata wildlife exhibitions only),
(Family Phasmatidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Stick Insect, Titan (Family
Acrophylla titan wildlife exhibitions only),
Phasmatidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Stick Insect, Wuelfing's (Family Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
Acrophylla wuelfingi
Phasmatidae) permitted (approved travelling permit required

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Common Name Species Import Requirements Requirements for Keeping
wildlife exhibitions only),
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Tarantula, Spider (Family
Phlogius spp. wildlife exhibitions only),
Theraphosidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Velvet Worm (Class
Family Peripatopsidae, all kinds wildlife exhibitions only),
Onychophorida)
import permit required, high
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Travelling wildlife exhibition
permitted (approved travelling permit required
Weevil, Botany Bay (Family
Chrysolopus spectabilis wildlife exhibitions only),
Curculionidae)
import permit required, high
security requirements

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3.2. Amphibians
Common Name Species Import Requirements Requirements for Keeping
Controlled animal, import Restricted (special purpose)
permitted (approved travelling wildlife, permit required to
Axolotl, Mexican Ambystoma mexicanum wildlife exhibitions only), possess, travelling wildlife
import permit required, high exhibition permit required
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Restricted (special purpose)
prohibited (dead bodies may wildlife, permit required to
Cane Toad (Marine Toad) Bufo marinus
be imported by approved possess
research institutions only)
Controlled animal, import Restricted (special purpose)
permitted (approved travelling wildlife, permit required to
Caudates (Newts,
all kinds (Caudata) wildlife exhibitions only), possess, travelling wildlife
salamanders, etc.)
import permit required, high exhibition permit required
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Restricted (special purpose)
permitted (approved travelling wildlife, permit required to
Newt, Common Triturus vulgaris wildlife exhibitions only), possess, travelling wildlife
import permit required, high exhibition permit required
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Restricted (special purpose)
permitted (approved travelling wildlife, permit required to
Newt, Fire-bellied Cynops pyrrogaster wildlife exhibitions only), possess, travelling wildlife
import permit required, high exhibition permit required
security requirements
Controlled animal, import Restricted (special purpose)
permitted (approved travelling wildlife, permit required to
Newt, Warty (Crested Newt) Triturus cristatus wildlife exhibitions only), possess, travelling wildlife
import permit required, high exhibition permit required
security requirements

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