queensland Red-eared Slider Turtle

[ellicat]

Picked this up on Biosecurity Qld FB page.

 

Red-eared slider turtles (REST) have recently been detected in the Burpengary area of Queensland. If you live in this area please be on the lookout. If you detect a REST please call us on 13 25 23.

Biosecurity Queensland and Moreton Bay Regional Council are currently undertaking extensive surveillance in the area. REST are exotic turtles from the USA, have a distinctive red stripe behind the eye and can outcompete native species for food and space.

Read more: https://bit.ly/2VSn4mF

 

https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/land-management/health-pests-weeds-diseases/pests/invasive-animals/restricted/slider-turtle

[Luc53]

Another exotic invader let loose by an idiot owner!!

[Drop Bear]

Stop releasing noxious species people. 

[Luc53]

Usual story, cute babies grows up into agressive adult not wanted by pet shops so released into the local creek/lake/pond/river cause they can't bear to kill a pet.