A recent move by the Brisbane City Council to ban birds classified as peafowls being kept as pets is being criticised and called overly harsh.
Under the proposed changes, fines of up to $6300 would be issued to anyone keeping a pet peafowl on properties not considered ‘rural’.
Currently, there is no requirement for owners to register their peafowls, although Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says if the draft local law is adopted, birds living on urban properties must be relocated to non-residential rural areas.