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6Animals declared to be wild animals subject to the Wild Animal Control Act 1977 Empowered by s 7A

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Mammals—
Deer—
Axis deer (Axis axis)
Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Japanese deer (Sika nippon)
Javan rusa deer (Cervus timoriensis)
Moose (Alces americana)
Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Sambar deer (Cervus unicolor)
Virginian deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Wapiti (Cervus canadensis)
Any other member of the family Cervidae
Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
Goat (Capra)
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
Pig (Sus)

Notes
  • Schedule 6 heading: replaced, on , by section 113 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 104).
  • Schedule 6: amended, on , by section 91(5) of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
  • Schedule 6: amended, on , by clause 3 of the Wildlife Order 2010 (SR 2010/159).