National Code of Practice for the Humane Shooting of Kangaroos and Wallabies for Commercial Purposes - Australian Government

Description

You must comply with this code to commercially harvest kangaroos and wallabies under an approved state management plan.

New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania have approved state management plans for the commercial harvesting of kangaroos and wallabies.

This code sets criteria for the humane shooting of kangaroos and wallabies for commercial purposes, specifies the most appropriate euthanasia methods for pouch young and provides guidelines for minimising the negative welfare impacts on young-at-foot. The code (and its associated standard operating procedures) provides direction and guidance for kangaroo harvesters.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources Important
Comply Company, Co-operative, Other, Partnership, Sole Trader National Code of Practice for the Humane Shooting of Kangaroos and Wallabies for Commercial Purposes - PDF (Opens in new window) Important

Act(s) name

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Australian Government

Regulation(s) name

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 Australian Government

Administering agency

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Environment Protection

Biodiversity Conservation

Contact details

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