Wanting a Wallaby

[daphsman]

Hello everyone I was just wondering.Do I need a licence to own a wallaby?If so how do I go about getting one.I live in Jacksonville,Florida,also how expensive are the lincences?Thank You!!!!

[G535]

http://www.florida-weekly.com/news/2007/0823/Arts_Ent/062.html

According to that article you would need one and also have to be over 16 years old.

Down here wallabies are everywhere, I usually see one or two most days when I go for an early morning walk. :)

[cassiesmom]

uhmmmmm... what's a wallaby?

[G535]

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Kangaroos+and+wallabies

Bit like a smaller version of a kangaroo.

[jennielynn1970]

Are they normally kept as pets???

[Freedom]

Wallaby -- small kangaroo cousin. Native to Australia and New Guinea.


http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Kangaroos+and+wallabies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaby

Here in the US, it would be an exotic and you would definitely need a license! Don't know how you'd locate a vet either!

[jennielynn1970]

Just doesn't sound like pet material.. kinda like people who want to have lions and tigers as pets. Aren't they meant to be "wild" animals???

[G535]

Some are kept as pets on remote farms here, I remember staying at a farm when I was really young where the owners had a couple of pet baby kangaroos.