Wildlife Trade Operation for the commercial export of snake venom, blood and body parts 2017 - 2020
Due to the impacts of coronavirus on working arrangements, stakeholders are requested to contact the Wildlife Trade Sections via email rather than telephone. Please email wps@awe.gov.au with any questions about applying for a permit or for queries relating to existing permit applications. If you have an existing application, please include your application reference number in your email. We will respond to your query as soon as possible.
Comments invited
The Department of the Environment and Energy has received an application for a Wildlife Trade Operation under section 303FN of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act). The application is for the commercial export of snake venom, blood and body parts. Should the operation be approved it is proposed that it remain in force for up to three (3) years.
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Proposal for wild harvest and export of venom, blood and body parts from Australian native snake species submitted for approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) (PDF - 371.57 KB)
Proposal for wild harvest and export of venom, blood and body parts from Australian native snake species submitted for approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) (DOCX - 1.01 MB)
In accordance with the provisions of section 303FR of the Act, you are invited to comment on this proposal. Please submit your comments by 18 September 2017.
Comments should be addressed to:
The Director
Wildlife Trade Assessments
Department of the Environment and Energy
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
or can be emailed to: wta@environment.gov.au
To assist us in considering comments, the Department of the Environment encourages you to provide comments under the following headings:
- Management and methodology
- Monitoring procedures
- Ecological sustainability of the operation
- Animal welfare
- Other
Any comments received will form part of the documentation provided to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Energy for a decision. Copies of comments may be made available to other parties with a particular interest in the application. If you wish to claim confidentiality for any part of your comments, please discuss the matter with the Director of the Wildlife Trade Assessments Section (02) 6274 2588.