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| Queensland Frog Society Inc. Conduct Guidelines | |
The Queensland Frog Society's aims are to encourage and foster an interest in frogs generally and to render assistance and education.
To facilitate these aims, the Society has adopted the following guidelines for the conduct of its members.
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 | Members are mindful that native frog eggs and tadpoles are all protected in Queensland and that the taking, moving, keeping or dealing are prohibited without a permit. | |
Whilst the Society does not encourage the long term keeping of native frogs, members who choose to exercise their right to keep up to 8 common adult frogs (remember, upto a maximum or 2 of 1 species), will ensure that any keeping is lawful, of the highest possible standard and that the dignity of the frogs as wild animals is always respected. | |
Members acknowledge that, although Cane Toads are a highly undesirable introduction, they are also a frog in their own right and will never be treated cruelly. | |
Members acknowledge that in the case of a conviction under the Nature Conservation Act or behaviour prejudicial to the character or interest of the Society, that member will be the subject of disciplinary procedures and membership may be terminated. |
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| SCRAPE, SCRUB and DISINFECT - DON'T SPREAD DISEASE! |  |
Chytrid fungus disease (chytridiomycosis) has killed many frogs in recent years and may have been responsible for the extinction of some Queensland species.
Since we love frogs, it is important that we do not love them to death by helping to spread those deadly fungus.
Froggers must be squeaky clean and observe the following rules:
All equipment used in wading, capturing, handling and transporting frogs must be scrubbed clean of debris or caked mud and doused thoroughly with household bleach.
This is especially important when moving significant distances to other frog sites or when moving from one stream channel to another.
Remember!
SCRAPE, SCRUB and DISINFECT - DON'T SPREAD DISEASE!
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| What's Legal and What's Not | |
There are over 700 pages of legislation which comprise the Nature Conservation Act (NCA)1992, Nature Conservation Regulation (NCR) 1994 and Nature Conservation Regulation (Wildlife) (NCRW)1994 and all three documents need to be read in conjunction with each other in order to determine the regulations in relation to the taking, keeping, moving, dealing etc in native frogs.
The Schedule Dictionary of the NCA (pages 150-160) defines animal, wildlife, protected wildlife etc and includes all native Australian native amphibians (thereby excluding the toad). It needs to be noted that wildlife includes eggs, larvae and any part of any animal. This is important when it comes to the exemption section which allows the taking and keeping of common wildlife frogs
Section 88 of the NCA specifically prohibits the taking of a protected animal and provides various classes of offences. This is the section which makes taking of any native frog, egg, tadpole etc illegal without a permit licence or other authority.
The exemption (for up to 8 frogs and up to a maximum of 2 of any one species)
An exemption which allows the taking and keeping of up to 8 frogs is provided by Section 153 of the Nature Conservation Regulation 1994
The exemption applies ONLY to frogs which are declared to be Common Wildlife and is only available to people who do not have any other wildlife permit or licence. The frogs must only be taken in the very backyard that they are to be kept in. Tadpoles and eggs CANNOT be taken
No list of Common Wildlife species appears in any of the acts or regulations you have to work that out for yourself (and that is probably the silliest part because it would be so easy to provide such a list). The society has a list for all Queensland frogs and it appears in our proceedings of the 1999 symposium.
The way you arrive at Common Wildlife from the legal documents is to assume that if the species does not appear in any of the other lists i.e. Presumed Extinct, Endangered, Vulnerable or Rare, then it must be “common”. These schedules are found in the Nature Conservation Regulation (Wildlife) 1994 which is a separate document from the Nature Conservation Regulation 1994
The taking, keeping, moving of sick or injured frogs is also exempt from a licence for up to 3 days during which time a conservation officer must be contacted for direction. This provision applies to all protected wildlife not just frogs.
All other taking, keeping, moving of healthy normal frogs requires some sort of licence, permit or authority.
So in a nutshell, the prohibition on taking from the wild is laid down in the NCA, the exemption to take up to 8 frogs is laid down in the NCR and which ones you can take is laid down in the NCR (Wildlife) and what could be more simple than that???
The Nature Conservation legislation can be found at www.legislation.qld.gov.au.
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 | Visit the legislation.qld.gov.au web site - Search for "nature conservation" or "frogs". The relevant laws as of Thursday, 11 September 2008 can be found in "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006" | |
| Frogs as Pets? | |
The Queensland Frog Society does not encourage the keeping of adult frogs in enclosed containers as pets. In Queensland, it is illegal to keep or transport some species in containers without a permit.
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