Native animal keeping licence
From 22 August 2020, there are three new licences—Standard, Specialised, and Advanced—which allow people to keep, breed or trade protected animals in Queensland.
If you hold an existing recreational wildlife licence (RWL) (received prior to 22 August 2020) you can keep any animals that you were originally approved to keep when you obtained your RWL.
There are some new changes for when buying, trading or selling occurs between the new Standard, Specialised or Advanced licence holders and the previous recreational or commercial wildlife licence holders.
The following guide provides detailed information on the new native animal licences.
Native animal keeping licence
In this guide:
- Native animal keeping licence options
- How to apply
- Movement advices between Native animal licences and RWLs/CWLs
- Species information
- Species licence search
- Online reporting requirements
- Animal breeding restrictions
- Taking native animals from the wild
- Keeping dangerous snakes
- General animal authorisations for individuals, businesses and entities
- Common assessment method changes
- Changes to other animal licences and permits
- Next ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/wildlife-permits/permit-types/wildlife-licence/native-animal/licence-options )