Editing Common brushtail possum (section)

===Australia===
Although once hunted extensively for its fur, the common brushtail possum is largely protected throughout Australia. Tasmania gives crop-protection permits to landowners whose property has been damaged.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nre.tas.gov.au/wildlife-management/living-with-wildlife/living-with-brush-tailed-possums#:~:text=Remember%3A%20brush%2Dtailed%20possums%20are,especially%20when%20injured%20or%20afraid | title=Living with Brush-tailed Possums &#124; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania }}</ref>

While its populations are declining in some regions due to habitat loss, urban populations indicate an adaptation to the presence of humans.<ref name="Roetman2009" /> In some mainland states, possum trapping is permitted when attempting to evict possums from human residences (e.g. roofs), but possums must be released after dusk within 24 hours of capture, no more than 50 m from the trapping site. In some states, e.g. Victoria, trapped possums may be taken to registered veterinarians to be euthanased.<ref name="VicGov2025" /> In South Australia, they are fully protected and permits are required for trapping possums in human residences<ref name="SAGovduplicate" /> or for keeping or rescuing sick or injured wild possums and other native animals.<ref name="SApermit" /> In Queensland, they can only be trapped by licensed commercial relocators who must release possums within {{Convert|25|m}} of the point of capture to ensure that an animal is not released into another possum's home range (possums are less likely to survive if they are released into a new area where they do not have access to a den or must compete with a neighbouring possum for den space).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-10-18|title=Brushtail possums|url=https://environment.des.qld.gov.au/wildlife/animals/living-with/brushtail-possum|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-29|website=Department of Environment and Science, Queensland|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308092238/https://environment.des.qld.gov.au/wildlife/animals/living-with/brushtail-possum |archive-date=2020-03-08 }}</ref>