Permits and rules about wildlife

This page has rules for people who want to legally own, import, export, interfere or interact with any protected wildlife in the Northern Territory (NT). 

Protected wildlife means any native plant or animal living or dead. 

It includes parts of an animal such as a skull or parts of a plant such as a seed or flower.

For rules about protected wildlife in parks, go to any of the following:

• animals that do not need a permit
• animals that need a permit
• apply for a wildlife carer permit
• import or export NT wildlife
• permits to keep protected wildlife
• permits to take or interfere with wildlife
• prohibited wildlife
• release protected wildlife form for carers
• wildlife rescue report form.