Is it illegal to find it, shove in fridge overnight and give to a museum the
next day (or soon). Sound pretty stupid if so - but that could be said of a
lot of laws.
Quite a few specimens I have found are in museum collections now.
Best regards
Tim Murphy
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> For the information of list members, I have just received the following
> advice which is from our 'Game and Wildlife Licensing Unit' here in East
> Melbourne.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In Victoria, all wildlife is protected under the Wildlife Act 1975,
> including dead wildlife (eg. road-kills) and any parts thereof (bones,
> teeth, fur, feathers, eggs etc). Possession of any wildlife
> (live or dead)
> by any person is illegal unless that person has written permission to
> possess wildlife (usually in the form of a licence or permit in their own
> name) or unless that person is formally exempt from such
> requirements under
> legislation.
>
> Road-kills, for example, should not be collected by members of the public,
> as permission to retain it is not usually granted.
>
> Likewise, there is nothing in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 that
> permits anyone to collect dead wildlife, including roadkills. Unless they
> have an authorisation allowing the collection of roadkills, it
> would not be
> permitted.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Martin O'Brien
> Executive Scientific Officer, Scientific Advisory Committee
> Department of Sustainability and Environment
> 4/250 Victoria Pde., East Melbourne 3002
>
> Tel: 9412 4567 Fax: 9412 4586
> (prefixes: Interstate 03 International 613)
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