Dealing with sick, injured and orphaned protected animals
55 Dealing with sick, injured and orphaned protected animals
This section applies in relation to a protected animal that is—
if the animal is a marine mammal or a marine turtle—sick or injured; or
otherwise—sick, injured or orphaned.
A person may carry out any of the following activities to treat or care for the animal—
take the animal;
keep the animal;
move the animal from the place where the person takes possession of the animal to—
a place in the State where the person intends to care for the animal; or
a place in the State where the holder of a rehabilitation permit, or a relevant person for the holder, intends to keep the animal; or
the veterinary premises of a veterinary surgeon in the State for treatment or care for the animal; or
if a conservation officer directs, under section 57, the person to move the animal to another place—the other place.
Subsection (2) does not apply to—
the holder of a rehabilitation permit for the animal, or a relevant person for the holder; or
a person who—
advertises that the person provides animal rescue or rehabilitation services to members of the public but does not hold a rehabilitation permit; or
is employed by, or volunteers for, an entity that advertises it provides animal rescue or rehabilitation services to members of the public but does not hold a rehabilitation permit.
Example of advertising animal rescue or rehabilitation services—
publishing a phone number or email address, on a website or social media platform, for the purpose of allowing members of the public to report sick, injured or orphaned protected animals
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