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Australian Native Mammals as Pets
Author(s): Rosie Cooney, Rosalie Chapple, Sarah Doornbos, Stephen Jackson
Pages: 115
Publisher: --
Edition: 1 Oct 2010
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-74254-043-6
Description
Australia’s biodiversity is in crisis, and innovative alternatives are urgently needed. Threats to survival of mammals in the wild in Australia have prompted the proposition that keeping native mammals as pets, rather than the current suite of primarily exotic predators, could contribute to conservation. This report assesses the feasibility of this proposal. The RIRDC study seeks to strategically inform the potential development of an industry based on use of native mammals as pets in a way that helps to ensure positive conservation and welfare outcomes. While the keeping of certain native reptiles, birds and amphibians as pets is reasonably well-established across Australia, private domestic keeping of most native mammals is currently prohibited in most states.
Author(s): Rosie Cooney, Rosalie Chapple, Sarah Doornbos, Stephen Jackson
Pages: 115
Publisher: --
Edition: 1 Oct 2010
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-74254-043-6
Description
Australia’s biodiversity is in crisis, and innovative alternatives are urgently needed. Threats to survival of mammals in the wild in Australia have prompted the proposition that keeping native mammals as pets, rather than the current suite of primarily exotic predators, could contribute to conservation. This report assesses the feasibility of this proposal. The RIRDC study seeks to strategically inform the potential development of an industry based on use of native mammals as pets in a way that helps to ensure positive conservation and welfare outcomes. While the keeping of certain native reptiles, birds and amphibians as pets is reasonably well-established across Australia, private domestic keeping of most native mammals is currently prohibited in most states.
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