Are Australians able to have kangaroos as pets or is it even possible or permitted?

Question

Are Australians able to have kangaroos as pets or is it even possible or permitted?

Answer 1

You can but you need a permit with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, and they are not easy to get. you also need a large area of land however I know of some one that keep a roo in a average sized back yard for about 15 years. But do not try it as special foods and extras are needed they are expensive also worming etc and remember it is a wild animal and it may let you pat etc, and the next day it will attack you for no real reason other than it can. also kangaroos will play fight with each other and not really do any harm to each other but when a kangaroo play fights with a human it usually results in a hospital visit for the human if not death. I have recued injured wildlife and when it is a adult kangaroo the only thing to do is shoot it dead and save the Joey (Baby) kangaroo as a adult kangaroo is to dangerous to go near especially when it is injured.

Answer 2

No, but some smaller animals, like Bilbies, should be pets. They aren't, but instead of having indigenous animals as pets, people insist on having cats and other foreign animals that disrupt the balance. The cats go after the indigenous marsupial mice, and so on.

Answer 3

No they are wild animals.

Answer 4

It is illegal to keep any wild animal in captivity without a zoo licence. Kangaroos come into the wild animal category.

However, in the more rural areas, many kangaroos will become quite friendly and become "semi pets", but not actually kept as such.

Answer 5

No you can not keep a Roo as a pet because it is Illegal as the Roo is a wild native animal. But license can be obtained so that you can look after injured or orphaned native animals until they are able to go back into the wild. Most are able to go back into the wild but some are just to injured and must be put down or given to zoo's to be look after when the Roo's get to big.

Answer 6

No, it's illegal to keep any of our native animals as pets. Licensed carers are allowed to care for injured natives, but they must be released when recovered.

Answer 7

No,they are wild animals,not domesticated.

Answer 8

Unfortunately we are not allowed to have Kangaroos as Pets.

The only way you can do it is if you are an animal Wildlife care worker. Then when they get older though then you have to let them go again back into the wild.

Answer 9

It's illegal under Australian Wildlife Conservancy Law to keep native Australian animals as domestic pets. This includes kangaroos, possums and koalas. Even many birds are not allowed to be kept in domestic cages (eg, the kookaburra and varieties of cockatoos).

Many Australians, blessed with having native animals and birdlife around them, make the mistake of leaving food out for them. Unfortunately, this results in the birds losing the ability to seek food in the natural way and eating food which is inappropriate for their diet. Possums, if fed, become a nuisance, "pooping" and "weeing" everywhere.

OK... I've rambled on a bit but I think you got the general idea.

Answer 10

G'day mate. roos aren't the most common pets people have, they need heaps of room to run around in & most urban back yards just aren't big enough. I'm not too sure on the legal status of keeping them as pets, you would most likely need some type of permit, & as part of this, you'd probably have to show that you've got the right amount of space.

They aren't the type of critters that are happy when they're on their own, they're used to living in a "mob", & aren't solitary at all, so they wouldn't be like having a dog or a cat.

I've worked out in the bush from time to time, & I've known folks who've had them as pets, but the people I've known have had two or three.  They also bond pretty well with tollerant dogs.They've got lovely natures, & are quite easy to tame, though the bucks( female; doe, male; buck, baby; joey) are a bit boistrous when they're after mating.

Cheers, Mulga.

Answer 11

no you can not keep native animals as pets

Answer 12

We had an exchange student from Australia stay with us.  She said that the 'roos' were not especially nice animals, not desirable as pets.... but koalas are. ;-)

Answer 13

no, they are wild and it not aloted

Answer 14

They need wide open plains to bound around on, not small backyards.  It would be cruel to trap them for domestic pet reasons.  They're amazing animals - not cruel or violent - if they kick it's just to protect themselves.  Usually they're very mind mannered and extremely cute.  Trouble is, there are way too many of them inland, and they eat all the grass, making wide areas of dirt, which is then washed away in the rains - causing erosion.  Shame.  I wouldn't want any of them killed, but I see why numbers need to be reduced.  I love kangaroooooooos.

Answer 15

I know lots of people that have taken joeys from their mum's pouches when they have been run down by a car....I did it myself!! But it didn't live too long......Generally they are not pets but some country people have them as pets....Last year there was a big story about a roo that attracted attention to a farmers wife when he was stuck under a fallen tree....the roo led the wife to the husband who owes his life to the roo....and No, this was not a Skippy episode!!

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF CITY PEOPLE HERE.... WHO ARE IN DENIAL THAT NOT ALL PEOPLE FOLLOW LAWS TO THE LETTER & ALTHOUGH GENERALLY THEY ARE NOT KEPT AS PETS, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS "YES"!!!!! ABOUT 70% OF AUSTRALIA IS UNPOPULATED DON'T FORGET WITH HUNDREDS OF REMOTE STATIONS & FARMS......