‘We made an error’: Department officials to review shock court ruling over Molly the magpie [Video]

Queensland’s environment department has admitted it “made an error” in granting a special licence to the carers of Instagram star Molly the Magpie after a public outcry earlier this year.

The acknowledgement comes after the Supreme Court in Brisbane set aside the licence, in yet another surprise twist in the social media saga.

Molly won a large following on Instagram after befriending an English staffy Peggie, with carers Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen regularly sharing cute videos of the pair together.

The couple said they had found the bird on the ground as a baby and taken it in.

But Molly was seized by officials from the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI) in March, with authorities saying the couple did not have the right permits to care for native wildlife.

After a vocal backlash from Molly’s fans, the then-Queensland premier Steven Miles intervened…