In 1996 changes to the Non-Indigenous Animals Act in NSW stopped the trade in pet primates. Those that had pet monkeys could keep them until they died but were not permitted to sell them or their offspring.
in 2001 the number of Western Taipan, Taipan, Common Brown Snake and Rough-scaled Snake, kept as pets numbered 108 in NSW. Five years later in 2006 it had reached 206 animals.
Jacquie says, "Give me a taipan over a chimp anyday!"...NSW legislators agree