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Not All Farmers Hate Bats

by Yvonne Shaw from Bats Qld

red flying fox This little fellow was found hanging on a fence post by a farmer at Taroom in western QLD. He took him home and looked after him for 5 days, during which time the bat actually gained weight. The farmer’s aged parents were heading to Toowoomba (a 6 hour drive) and kindly took him with them. Carer Peter met them in Toowoomba and brought him home to join the other little reds. He is completely uninjured, so why he was quietly hanging on a fence post is a bit of a mystery. Anyway, a big thank you to Peter Mundell from Taroom!

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My First Rescue

by Yvonne Morrin     (Bats Qld) 

Rescued red flying foxNow I have finished my course of vaccinations, I have finally started rescuing. My first bat was entangled in fishing line with a fishing hook embedded in her side – the constriction injury was severe, and she was euthanized.  
 
 
The second had been up a food tree for a week without flying away, and appeared to have a wing injury. He could clamber around the tree perfectly well, just out of reach of my pole! Finally I got him to the ground, and he began to crawl, his wing injury very apparent now. Unfortunately he was a euthanasia case too.
 
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Help Stop Animal Cruelty

 

Dear  Animal lovers
Hate animal cruelty? then please keep the Australian "Don't shoot bats" fight going. Here is the link to the petition in case you have not  signed and sent to friends and colleagues at http://www.change.org/petitions/flying-foxes-under-threat-in-qld
 
 Plus a copy of the submission prepared by Carol Booth to fight against local govt being able to destroy flying fox roosts, "the Knuth amendment" http://www.batsqld.org.au/Documents/Submission%20on%20Land%20Protection%20Bill%2010%20Sept%202012.pdf
What is happening is nothing short of  paving the road to species extinction Two of the species being shot are already in the endangered species category.   

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Rescuing Little Matilda - A Black Flying Fox

By Lee McMichael from Bats Qld

On the way back from a work field trip in Gayndah we travelled via Esk where we noticed a gentleman peering up at the powerline on the main street looking distressed. 

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 A tiny black flying fox pup was hanging on for life up there. We stood for quite a while trying to discern whether the little one was alive or dead. After about 10 minutes, a pair of binoculars and some reassuring chatter we saw a pair of little ears prick up. She was alive! 

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