#flyingfoxes — Public Fediverse posts

Hundreds of flying fox pups starving to death in wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle

Wildlife rescuers are scrambling to try to save hundreds of flying fox pups after the Northern Territory’s native…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/585233/

Here's a view of the flying foxes along the side of Stoney Creek. The colony has expanded to near its limits now without crossing the creek or roads, must be many thousands in there now.

#LakeMacquarie #bats #FlyingFoxes #WildOz

The little red flying fox colony at Stoney Creek, Toronto NSW was very noisy this morning. It seemed like everyone was awake, some flying about, all chattering or screeching. Warm sunny morning?

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Plantation owners call for killing permits for native flying foxes

"Currently, farmers with a permit can kill up to eight grey-headed, 45 black and 50 little red flying foxes annually, and must report each death."

"[Flying foxes] are a native species … they are our only long-distance night pollinators. Flying foxes are losing a lot of their normal habitat, forcing them inland, and so they take risky actions to get food like going into yards and orchards."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-09-22/farmers-call-for-rethink-on-shooting-permits-for-flying-foxes/105788750
#Plantations #food #netting #ExclusionNetting #CostOfDoingBusiness #CODB #monoculture #biodiversity #bats #FlyingFoxes #pollinators #conservation #wildlife

Endangered spectacled flying foxes and vulnerable grey-headed flying foxes - misinformation is rife

"Tim Pearson, a wildlife ecologist who specialises in flying fox behaviour and communication, says the “double whammy” of destroying native forests while providing alternative food sources in farms and residential areas creates the potential for human-bat conflict and harassment, identified as a threat in recovery plans for endangered spectacled flying foxes and vulnerable grey-headed flying foxes."

“The Australian attitude towards wildlife has always been positive, providing it doesn’t inconvenience you...Unfortunately for flying foxes, in their case it often does. Things have been getting better, Pearson says, but flare-ups still occur when practical concerns – about noise, the animals’ impact on fruit growers, power outages or potential disease threats – are reported in breathless terms by the media. At worst they’re vilified and face a constant battle of disinformation, hate speech and are even persecuted.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/03/australia-flying-foxes-endangered-species-list
#bats #FlyingFoxes #persecution #wildlife #dispersal #harassment #coexistence #NSWLogging #HateSpeech #MSM #ShiftingAttitudes #biodiversity #destruction