Phalangeridae (family)
Brushtail Possums at Hackett, ACT
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| Phalangeridae (family) | DonFletcher | 3 Oct 2023 | |
| Pseudocheirus peregrinus | CarbonAI | 3 Sep 2023 | |
| Phalangeridae (family) | waltraud | 3 Sep 2023 |
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Possum box. I noticed a number of times people with a ladder transferring possums into the Mt Majura nature reserve - east of north Watson / The Fair walking along Clancy's track and east of Hackett close to twin dams - certainly more than 50 m from a nature park entry. At one occasion they had a bag with either trap or a box; they said it is a box with a possum inside which they want to fix on a tree; at another occasion they said they have a license to release possums in the reserve. Mt Majura has a lot of possums and I doubt the transferred possums will survive. Can anyone point out the legal situation? does a person or an organization hold a license to transfer possums > 100m deep into a nature reserve? and if so, who issues the license?
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3 Sep 2023
Hi Waltraud ACT Nature Conservation Act (2014) makes it an offence to release an animal in a reserve without a licence. Licences are issued by the Licencing Unit in PCS. I suspect the issued licences are publicly available but not sure. I will check.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.169236-35.250747
- Altitude 633.4m
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Sep 2023 05:04 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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- waltraud Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Phalangeridae (family) Possums Possums & Gliders Mammals
Species information
- Phalangeridae (family) Scientific name
- Brushtail Possums Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1521.21m Recorded at altitude
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