Campaigners are pushing for a yabby pot known to trap and kill platypuses to be banned in Queensland, following similar actions in Victoria, New South Wales, and Western Australia.
A petition asking the Queensland Government to review the use of the opera house style yabby pots has gained 8,000 signatures.
Big retailers including Kmart and Big W have pulled the traps from their shelves after reports of platypuses drowning in the traps while trying to hunt the yabbies inside.