{"id":2175077,"date":"2024-05-03T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2175077"},"modified":"2024-05-03T18:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:15:08","slug":"molly-the-magpie-returns-home-with-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/molly-the-magpie-returns-home-with-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly the Magpie Returns Home with Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Molly the magpie, the bird sensation on Instagram, has finally been reunited with her carers on the Gold Coast. However, there\u2019s a catch: her caregivers are no longer permitted to profit from her 837,000-strong following on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Molly The Magpie Returned Home\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9B67W8R_doU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: The Project\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen, Molly\u2019s dedicated caretakers since her fall from the nest in 2020, have been granted a special license by the Department of Environment, Science, and Innovation.<\/p>\n<p>This license, though, comes with stringent conditions, one of which forbids the couple from making any \u201congoing commercial gain from the bird or its image.\u201d Such conditions are standard for specialized licenses held by wildlife carers in Queensland and are intended to prioritize the ongoing health and well-being of the bird.<\/p>\n<p>While Molly captured hearts worldwide with her unlikely friendship with the family\u2019s Staffordshire bull terrier, Peggy, her popularity extended beyond social media. The couple even authored a book chronicling their heartwarming tale, likening it to a \u201creal-life Winnie the Pooh and Piglet story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Queensland Premier Steven Miles voiced his Support for the couple after they surrendered Molly to the Department of Environment last month. However, he clarified that neither he nor Environment Minister Leanne Linard had the authority to order Molly\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>The decision rested with the Department, which determined that Molly was too habituated to be returned to the wild and might have developmental issues. With Molly back in their care, Wells and Mortensen now face the task of fulfilling the advocacy and public education role mandated by the Department. Premier Miles expressed his intention to visit the couple on Friday to discuss the specifics of this role.<\/p>\n<p><i>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onegreenplanet.org\/animals\/molly-the-magpie-returns-home-instagram-fame-comes-with-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">article <\/a>by Trinity Sparke was first published by One Green Planet on 17 April 2024. Image Credit : Australian magpie photo by J. J. 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However, there\u2019s a catch: her caregivers are no longer permitted to profit from her 837,000-strong following on the social media platform. \ufeff\ufeff Source: The Project\/YouTube Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen, Molly\u2019s dedicated caretakers since her fall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2202226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/10\/Cracticus_tibicen_hypoleuca_male_domain.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Molly the Magpie Returns Home with Restrictions","footnotes":""},"categories":[6985,5],"tags":[2048],"class_list":["post-2175077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wildlife","tag-magpie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}