2010 Animal Keepers’ Record Books

A while back I was going to keep some blue tongue lizards in my garden. I got a licence, went down to Canberra where I could purchase some. After a long talk with the fantastic people there as to what I needed to do I found that my garden would not be suitable as they would probably fall to their deaths. To over come this would require quote a lot of fencing that would require permission from the body corporate. So I did not proceed with this line of thinking. But I still have the licence. Today I got this email.

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL NSW PERSONS WHO HOLD A LICENCE TO KEEP NATIVE ANIMALS
2010 Animal Keepers’ Record Books
Must be received by the Department before 30 April 2010
All fauna record books must be returned (even if you hold no animals)
No statements will be accepted as in past years
FRBs are only accepted by post to the postal address below
A $5.00 book replacement fee (payable by credit card only) applies to licensees who have lost or cannot find their book and need a replacement in time to submit by 30 April 2010
If your book is not received before 30 April 2010 you will be penalised. The penalties include:
A non compliance flag placed on your licence that may affect future licence activity, eg import/export licence applications
An automatic exclusion from licence upgrades for all of 2010
Exclusion from the 2010 fauna ballot system, whether a DECCW ballot or fauna society “wishlist”
Wildlife Licensing and Management Unit  PO Box 1967 Hurstville NSW 1481
Fax: (02) 9585 6401 Email: wildlife.licensing@environment.nsw.gov.au