The DWNP issues licenses based on the activity and species applied for. Usually a license is issued for hunting, taking, keeping, collecting, carry on the business of dealing, carry on the taxidermy business, import, export or re-export activities involving "Protected" wildlife species (including part or derivative of wildlife). The Department also issue Permit for activities which involve operation of zoo, commercial captive breeding, circus or wildlife exhibition and carry out research. Application can be made at all State DWNP. Please refer to DWNP State Offices for the list of address of the relevant state office.

CITES stands for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. It is an international convention of which Malaysia is one of its members. This convention enables countries to cooperate in the monitoring of the international trade of flora and fauna, including local wildlife species listed under it. For more information, please refer to CITES.

Yes, you can, if the shop is licensed by the DWNP. Only selected protected species are allowed to be sold by such shops. You have to produce the purchase receipt at the nearest DWNP Office in order to get a license to keep the wildlife, as mentioned in Types of Licenses.

Please be inform that licence for keeping Common Shama and Oriental White-eye will only be issued after it is acquired with approve licence to catch issued earlier. These species are not allowed to be marketed even by licence dealer.

Yes, if the import or export of such wildlife species is allowed under the Act 716 and Act 686. For further information on this matter, you can refer to Guidelines of Wildlife Import/ Export.

It is the obligation of the licence holder to inform and return the keeping license to the DWNP issuance office immediately.

The PERHILITAN Department issues several types of licenses based on the activity and species applied for. Generally, the Fee charged is based on the type of license issued for the activity of hunting, taking, keeping, collecting, conducting business, conducting taxidermy business, importing, exporting or re-exporting protected wildlife (including wildlife parts or derivatives). Please refer to the License, Permit and Special Permit Fee Regulations 2013 and the applicable Amendment 2013.