Why are some people able to have exotic reptiles or other controlled pest animals as pets?
There was a 90 day period of grace from the commencement of the Catchment & Land Protection Act 1994 as per section 76. People who were willing and able to identify that they had pest animals as pets in their possession prior to 13 February 1997 have been issued a permit to keep that/those animals for the life of that/those animals only with conditions of no further breeding, public display or trade. Only certain pest animals are allowed to be kept as pets. However to allow for those people who were affected by changes to the law a special permit was devised to minimise any disadvantage to them whilst Victoria still met its obligations as a State partner to National agreements.
