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Are axolotls legal in Western Australia?

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darren79

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I've been keeping them since 1981, BUT they are not listed as approved pet herpetofauna
under the Wildlife Conservation (Reptiles and Amphibians) Regulations 2002 or the Pet herpetofauna notice from 2003. ?
 
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Thought I would reply as no one else has :( you might be better posting in the axolotl section.

I don't really know about Australian law but there are plenty of other here fron Australia so I'm sure you are not breaking the law. :D
 
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Not everywhere in Australia - they are definitely legal in New South Wales, South Australia and possibly Queensland (they are counted as an 'exempt' pest), but possessing axolotls is definitely illegal in Northern Territory:

www.nt.gov.au/nreta/publications/media/pdf/2005/11/axolotls20051130.pdf

In Tasmania they are Restricted Wildlife (same as all other Caudates and the loveable Cane Toads) - the Tasmanian Wildlife Regulations 1999 theoretically allow permits to keep Restricted Wildlife - what government official would give a permit to keep an animal thrown in with cane toads??
 
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