Research conducted on current legislation governing the legality of keeping local baboon spiders in South Africa. UPDATED 2020/05/06 – 14:48PM Take note that “Baboon Spiders” refers to local baboon spiders and “Tarantulas” refers to exotics & non-local species. NATIONAL LEGISLATION Protected / illegal are listed in this column Act, Ordinance or Bill Date Currently in force? Theraphosid taxa included in legislation NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY 2004 Yes Requires species to be listed by Minister in TOPS ACT No. 10 regulations THREATENED OR PROTECTED SPECIES (TOPS) 2015 Not out for Ceratogyrus paulseni REGULATIONS, CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES comment yet Idiothele mira PUBLICATION OF LISTS OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED, 2007 Yes Ceratogyrus all species ENDANGERED, VULNERABLE AND PROTECTED SPECIES Pterinochilus all species Harpactira all species (listed as Xarpactira in doc) PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION Act, Ordinance or Bill Date Currently in force? Theraphosid taxa included in legislation Western Cape: 1974 Yes All invertebrates (wild animals), exotic and NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ORDINANCE indigenous.* NO. 19 Eastern Cape: 1974 Yes All invertebrates (wild animals), exotic and NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ORDINANCE indigenous.* NO. 19 Eastern Cape: 2019 No List of species will be published later by the EASTERN CAPE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BILL. minister. NOTICE 205 Free State: 1969 Yes None, also no mention of any invertebrates. NATURE CONSERVATION ORDINANCE NO. 8 Northern Cape: 2009 Yes Ceratogyrus spp., all species NORTHERN CAPE NATURE CONSERVATION ACT NO. 9 Harpactira spp., all species Pterinochilus spp., all species KwaZulu Natal: 1974 Yes No indigenous taxa listed as protected. NATURE CONSERVATION ORDINANCE NO. 15 OF 1974 UPDATED TO PROVINCIAL GAZETTE NO. 5265 1998 KwaZulu Natal: 2014 No Augacephalus breyeri SCHEDULES TO THE KWAZULU-NATAL ENVIRONMENTAL, Augacephalus junodi BIODIVERSITY AND PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT BILL Brachionopus robustus (FOR COMMENT) Ceratogyrus darlingi Harpactira curator Idiothele mira Idiothele nigrofulva Limpopo: 2003 Yes Ceratogyrus spp., all species LIMPOPO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT NO. 7 Harpactira spp., all species Pterinochilus spp., all species (spelt as Pterinocchilus spp. in the Act Mpumalanga: 1998 Yes Ceratogyrus spp., all species MPUMALANGA NATURE CONSERVATION ACT NO. 10 Harpactira spp., all species Pterinochilus spp., all species Gauteng: 1983 Yes Ceratogyrus spp., all species TRANSVAAL NATURE CONSERVATION ORDINANCE NO. 12 Harpactira spp., all species Pterinochilus spp., all species Gauteng: 2014 No List of species will be published Gauteng Nature Conservation Bill North West: 1983 No Ceratogyrus spp., all species TRANSVAAL NATURE CONSERVATION ORDINANCE NO. 12 Harpactira spp., all species Pterinochilus spp., all species North West: 2016 Yes Ceratogyrus spp., all species NORTH WEST BIODIVESITY MANAGEMENT ACT NO. 4 Harpactira spp., all species Pterinochilus spp., all species This is the most current info we can find through local government bio-diversity acts. If you have newer info or info to the contrary or benefit of this document, please get in touch with us: [email protected] / www.mymonsters.co.za .