Department for Environment and Water

Keep and sell native animal or egg permits

To keep, sell or display native animals as pets, as a fauna dealer, for educational or scientific purposes, or for biological products.

Hunting permits

To recreationally hunt feral animals or specific native bird species during an open season.

Destroy wildlife permits

To reduce impacts to people, property, infrastructure or the environment, following the consideration of non-lethal management methods.

Capture and release wildlife permits

To trap or capture and release wildlife to reduce impacts to people, property, infrastructure, or to the wildlife.

Rescue wildlife permits

To rescue and rehabilitate sick, injured or orphaned wildlife for release.

Kangaroo industry permits

To harvest kangaroos for meat and skin production.

Collect native plant material permits

To collect seeds, fruit or cuttings for plant propagation and bushfoods.

Import or export native animal permits

For interstate movement of native animals to or from South Australia.

Take native animals from the wild permits

As part of a conservation project or for captive purposes.

Emu farming permits

To farm emus for meat, eggs or other products.

Wildlife Permit System

Access and learn more about the online permit system.

Contact us

For further enquiries contact our friendly staff.

Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.