Moving to Australia

[halogen]

A quick question for you more law-savvy members...I know there is a law prohibiting import and export of certain plant and animal species native to Australia (including tiels and some cockatoos), so if I moved to Australia, would I not be allowed to bring my fids? Just wondering if there was an exception or a different law for non-breeding/domestic/non-commercial populations or not.

 

[GW.Joe]

If memory serves me, I think not.... Hopefully I am wrong

 

[Phlox]

Exporting and importing household pets - Wildlife trade and conservation in Australia

List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (29/11/2001)

Looks like cockatiels would be allowed to come with you but you would need to get a permit.

 

[GW.Joe]

Oh that's right it was the cost I read about, isn't that when they have to keep the birds in a special quarantine facility (someone here, maybe Birdman666 was talking about this topic, whoever it was said it was very hard to do)

 

[strudel]

I know you have to quarantine any dogs and cats coming in, so you probably do with birds as well. The costs of boarding for six months (or whatever it is now) adds up.

 

[goalerjones]

Won't matter anyway. Moving to Australia is a terrible mistake. Too many nasty things live there, you'll probably be eaten by a crocodile or swallowed whole by a great white. It's been nice knowing you. We'll miss you.

 

[tab_xo]

Won't matter anyway. Moving to Australia is a terrible mistake. Too many nasty things live there, you'll probably be eaten by a crocodile or swallowed whole by a great white. It's been nice knowing you. We'll miss you.

It is a ridiculous place. Located three quarters of a mile from the surface of the sun... :09:

Don't forget the giant snakes and spiders that are designed to kill us!

Plus riding a kangaroo to school every day is a dangerous activity

 

[strudel]

Plus riding a kangaroo to school every day is a dangerous activity

The danger is lessened considerably when you have a macaw flight navigator.

 

[Juliejet]

Oh and the Koala's that jump from the trees to get you

 

[tab_xo]

Oh and the Koala's that jump from the trees to get you

They are scary :09:

 

[strudel]

It says on this page that only some types of pet bird can come in, and only from New Zealand

Live Animals and Reproductive Material - Department of Agriculture

 

[Betrisher]

I think you'd be very hard-put to get birds into Australia. I'm not an authority, though, so do check with customs and the quarantine service. The possibility of bringing disease onto our island is just not something that's viewed lightly, even though your birds might have been thoroughly health checked before arrival.

A few years ago, a racehorse returning from Europe was hastily passed through quarantine and as a result, Equine hentavirus escaped into Australia. O yay. Now, everyone's having to pay exorbitant amounts of money to vaccinate where there was once no reason to. Horses have died and others have become carriers. There are many diseases that don't occur in Australia (Newcastle disease in birds, rabies, lyme disease etc etc etc) and we'd like to keep it that way.

This is why it's very difficult to bring animals in. There are other very strict laws that make it hard to take animals out, but that's a different subject.

 

[Birdman666]

Plus riding a kangaroo to school every day is a dangerous activity

Aren't there mandatory helmet laws when riding Kangaroos?! Sure seems like there should be!

I'm not sure which posts you were talking about, but one I did recently had to do with trying to bring a bird into the States... which is complicated enough.

I think I did look up the consulate posting on the requirements for importing parrots to Australia, and I believe it is posted somewhere on here... I just can't for the life of me remember where. But they have a list of what you can and can't import and export. Call the consulate, or go online. (I'm pretty sure that's where I found it.)

Hey Tab! Which way does the toilet bowl spin when you flush?! Is it true?

 

[MrsKay]

and it is very easy to get lost, being that they place a lot of the signs AFTER the turn