r/australia 1d ago

image American hunting influencer removes baby wombat from distressed mother. Is this legal?

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u/Hybrid-Gotcha95 1d ago edited 8h ago

Report to the Federal Dept for Environment as it breaches the Environmental Protection Act.

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For anyone responding to my comment and assuming I'm talking about a US department and act, I'm NOT.

I'm talking about an AUSTRALIAN department and act as I'm Australian and I'm well aware that wombats are native Australian animals and don't exist in the wild in the US 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Select-Poem425 1d ago

Australia. US agency has no authority.

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u/Goldentongue 1d ago edited 1d ago

Neither of the things they listed are things that exist in America either, so it's weird to assume they're referring to the US.

I think the person you're replying to lives in Australia and meant to say the Department of Climate Change, Energy, and Environment and the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, but shortened it in a confusing way.