![]() The Australian constitution makes no mention of native animals. With no reliable method of identification, no instructions on how to get animals ready for release or see if they are suitable, and little post-release checking, the practice of placing hand-reared native animals into the wild, and the regulatory framework enabling it, should be reviewed. Whilst it can be appropriate to rehabilitate and release injured native animals back to the wild, there may be moral, ethical, and practical reasons for not releasing hand-reared orphan native animals. A minimum of 50,000 rehabilitated native animals are released back to the wild each year, with few checks afterwards to see how well or if they are surviving. In most jurisdictions, it is illegal to microchip, band, or mark an animal, making it almost impossible to monitor their survival. Capturing and rehabilitating wild animals goes against regulations. The problem this creates for volunteers undertaking the rescue and rehabilitation of native animals is complex. Responsibility for animal welfare is largely retained by the states and territories via a fragmented, complex, contradictory, inconsistent system of regulatory management. The Australian constitution does not mention native animals. ![]()
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