 | Posted by: | Student, Dragon_Assasin@yahoo.com | | Subject: | Legal to own in Tasmania Aus.? | | When: | 9:32 PM, 26 Sep 2000 | | IP: | 129.3.11.40 |
Are sugar gliders legal to own in Tasmania Australia. I am trying to become a forign exchange student and will eventually live there so I need to know.
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| Posted by: | Mary, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | I believe.. | | When: | 9:36 PM, 26 Sep 2000 | | IP: | 12.77.81.42 |
I beleive that they are illegal there unless you get a special permit. With a permit you can keep them. They are considered natural woldlife there, and thats why you need a permit. I bet Pockets knows the answer to this one...but I don't think she ever posts here. 
| Posted by: | Rachel2, SugarGMommy@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:35 PM, 26 Sep 2000 | | IP: | 64.12.105.179 |
In Australia it is illegal to own any animal that is a native species to the continent. The permit Mary is talking about can take up to a year to get and then you have to agree to doing educational things and a bunch of other stuff. I too was thinking about going to school over there for about a year but I have 6 gliders plus my other animals so that is probly not going to happen.
| Posted by: | Pockets, tinytracks@cac.net | | Subject: | Tasmania | | When: | 4:54 AM, 27 Sep 2000 | | IP: | 216.90.50.57 |
In South Australia & Victoria -
Most Australian native animals can be owned - with a private wildlife license (as per DNRE) (species code -C1138 -Sugar Glider).
In 1997 there were aprox (8 thousand)permit holders in South Australia.
What I see is that it is Not Legal to own Native wildlife in Tasmania! (At this time)
There are attempts as we speak, of changing the Australian laws so that more people can legally own Oz native wildlife.
| Posted by: | Ian, iankitc@hotmail | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:22 PM, 01 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 203.164.3.165 |
In Victoria you can get a permit to keep sugargliders if they were captive bred, how you know is beyond me, different accent maybe?. They are usually imported from South Australia where they are bred in captivity. I have had nest boxes in the local national park raided and the gliders taken so not all gliders are obtained legally.
I tried the Tasmanian Government site all I could find is that most native animals are protected.
Another aspect to your problem is that they will be very dubious about allowing the import of a native species because of the risk of importing exotic diseases into Australia that could threaten the native populations
| Posted by: | Kerry | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:42 AM, 02 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 205.188.197.49 |
I don't know how this applies to sugar gliders, but I read in Bird Talk magazine a ways back that you had to live in Australia at least 4 years before you could take your pet bird (the ones native to Australia, anyway)out of the country. I beleive this also included birds (native to Australia) that you had brought into the country yourself, like from the US or something. It's DEFINATLY something to check into! They may not let you take your sugar gliders home!
Kerry (with Jack and Gus-Gus  )
| Posted by: | Bourbon | | Subject: | chances gone | | When: | 7:16 AM, 03 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 24.48.198.207 |
here is the link for the meeting..
<a href=http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/rrat_ctte/wild/WLChap17.htm>http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/rrat_ctte/wild/WLChap17.htm</a>
I was offered a chance to go for 6 weeks, but.. here is the kicker.. I could get Baybe in as a "research animal by special permit" however i couldn't bring her back out with me, also there was a 60 quaranteen period. She would never survive that, nor would I. so for me it was chances lost.. Good luck and maybe you can follow up with the link.
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