You will need this permit to take protected animals from the wild, including for the purposes of breeding, education, training or the production of biological products. A protected animal includes any species of mammal, bird or reptile which is:
- native to Australia
- migratory and occasionally migrates to, and lives in, Australia
- specified as a protected species in the legislation.
This permit will authorise you to take:
- protected animals listed in the Regulations as 'basic species', which are defined as being common in captivity and / or in their natural habitat, and which keeping and selling has little impact on naturally occurring populations
- specialist species (specified on your permit), which are not listed though are generally difficult to keep, threatened, or rare
- exempt species, which are very common in captivity and / or in their natural habitat and do not ordinarily require a permit to keep or sell.
This permit applies also to the taking of eggs of protected animals.
