A Gold Coast man who collected native frogs in his backyard and then sold them online has been fined after he mailed them to pet shops across south-east Queensland.
Queensland s Environment Department fined the man $4,401 after his illegal enterprise was discovered by sharp-eyed Australia Post workers, who had noticed some of the packages were damp, slimy and croaking .
The man from Gaven had collected more than a hundred frogs, mostly tiny Graceful tree frogs, and advertised them at up to $100 each on Gumtree.
The tiny Graceful tree frog is native to eastern Queensland and north-eastern NSW
The man collected up to 100 frogs from his backyard before trying to mail them to buyers
Iconic wildlife hospital is on brink of extinction The iconic Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is on the brink of extinction, while developers pocket millions clearing vegetation across the Gold Coast.
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Subscriber only THE iconic Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is on the brink of extinction, using second-hand or broken equipment and struggling to turn on the lights as record numbers of injured animals come through its doors. To help save it, Australia s busiest native wildlife hospital believes developers pocketing millions of dollars by clearing vegetation to make way for new shopping centres and mega towers should be slugged a tax - because at the moment it says it doesn t receive a cent from them.