#greydeadedflyingfoxes — Public Fediverse posts

Call for wildlife carers to be paid

"Wildlife carers say grey-headed flying foxes are "amazing creatures" — but the species is dying at an alarming rate, and they're running out of volunteers to help save them."

"Wildlife carers overwhelmed as grey-headed flying foxes experience mass starvation down Australia's east coast. Last month, more than 200 flying foxes died in Sydney on a single day, when the temperature hit 40 degrees Celsius."

"...The only way out of this is to turn animal caring into a profession and pay people to work at it, then we'd actually be able to keep people in the group."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-07/grey-headed-flying-foxes-mass-starvation-wildlife-carer-shortage/103284832
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