ABOUT BAT CONSERVATION AND RESCUE QLD
Bat Conservation and Rescue Qld
is a registered not-for-profit volunteer organization that strives to help people understand the importance
of all bat species, to provide a prompt and humane rescue service, to raise orphans and to rehabilitate injured bats before returning them to the wild.
BCRQ offers this free 24/7 community service all year round including public holidays.
I HAVE FOUND A BAT
SEEK HELP – PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH BATS!
CALL OUR RESCUE HOTLINE ON 0488 228 134
If a bat bites or scratches a human, it may have to be destroyed and sent for testing for Australian Bat Lyssavirus – do not risk the bat’s life or your health. Only people trained and Rabies vaccinated should handle bats.
A flying-fox hanging on overhead power lines may still be alive. Even if dead, it may be a mother with a live baby tucked up under her wing. Please call BCRQ immediately.
If you find a flying-fox caught on a barbed wire fence, please very carefully and without touching it, throw a towel over the bat to help keep it calm. Then call BCRQ immediately.
If you find a flying-fox caught in fruit tree netting, do not try and cut the bat out of the net but call BCRQ immediately.
If the bat is on the ground, please cover the bat with a cardboard box or a washing basket to contain it and call BCRQ immediately.
Any bat by itself through the day is in trouble.
Keep children and pets away from the bat to help minimise its stress and remember, NO TOUCH NO RISK!
HOW YOU CAN HELP
BECOME A MEMBER
Join as an active or associate member. BCRQ offers free training to members.
MAKE A DONATION
Donate via GoGive, Bank Transfer or PayPal.
All donations of $2.00 and over are tax deductible.
These flying foxes are going to have a great 2026 because they’ll complete their rehabilitation and be released. They’ll be back in the wild where they belong, spreading seeds and pollinating our forests for us. They are just some of the many bats we are currently caring for.![]()
We sincerely hope all our followers also have a great 2026. We look forward to continuing to showcase for you the activities of our volunteers.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
Dear little Alan is just 9 weeks old and he was found on the outside of an aviary at our release site.![]()
There was a moment of panic that a baby from inside had escaped. However Alan has no microchip so is a wild baby. He has a scrape wound on one wing. Is he a pup of one of our previously released bats? Did his mum show him a friendly place?![]()
We’ll never know, but he’s on the inside now, healing well, and when he’s big enough he’ll be released with our hand-raised orphans.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
These bright-eyed little characters with their Christmas toys are just a few of the 300+ bats that are spending this festive season with our volunteers and their families. ![]()
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However you may choose to celebrate this year, we wish you peace, joy and a Merry Christmas. We also take this opportunity to thank our volunteers, friends and social media followers for supporting our rescue and rehabilitation activities.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
There is never a dull moment when there are flying-fox orphans in the house! Each has their own distinct personality. Some are naughty, some are nice but all of them are VERY cute! Just for fun, our Christmas Eve post is something a little different.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
If something is 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹 and 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲 - and effective, 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 — would you keep doing it? If you’re Queensland’s Environment Minister, apparently 𝘆𝗲𝘀.![]()
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‼️ 𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓: 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐟𝐨𝐱 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐰. ![]()
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The former Qld Government legislated to end permits 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘅𝗲𝘀. The current Government has quietly undone this, burying it inside the 𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 2025. It sounds harmless. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭. ![]()
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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 ![]()
On 𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, the 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 quietly amended regulations to 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 - 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The change was buried in 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, while environment and conservation groups 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝. ![]()
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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬 ![]()
• The legislated phase-out under the 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠) 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 2020 is 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 ![]()
• A lethal practice 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 can continue 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 ![]()
• Shooting is justified on 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁, despite proven non-lethal alternatives ![]()
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 ![]()
• Shooting flying foxes for crop protection is 𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 (gov-funded study) ![]()
• It is 𝗜𝗡𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗘 (Qld Animal Welfare Advisory Committee) ![]()
• 𝗙𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘅𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆 ![]()
• No safeguards to protect 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀![]()
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𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 ![]()
Flying foxes are a 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, essential for forest regeneration — including habitat 𝗸𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻. ![]()
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 ![]()
Tensioned netting is highly 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲, and 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱.![]()
⚠️ 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. ![]()
𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 ![]()
• Regulation in force 𝗻𝗼𝘄 (SL No. 154) ![]()
• Tabled 𝟵 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 — stoppable only by 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 ![]()
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‼️𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗪 Contact your MP. Demand the phase-out be reinstated and support non-lethal crop protection. ![]()
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𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
This budding gymnast is Barry. He was found on this screen door a few days after some nasty storms. He was skinny and there was no sign of his mum. We assume they were separated in the storm. Barry is a grey-headed flying fox who is around seven weeks old. Here he is cleaning his wing from amongst the legs of a toy octopus. He’s progressing well and will be off to creche soon, on his next step towards being back in the wild.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
Freya is a grey-headed flying fox who is suffering from flying fox paralysis syndrome (FFPS). Bats with FFPS can only swallow liquids at first and they learn to lap smoothie from a dish. Freya amused her carers by diving right in to the smoothie dish in her enthusiasm, and hunger, and covering her whole face in smoothie!![]()
She also demonstrates “inverting”, which is how bats do their business. Freya is doing well however she’ll stay in care for several months as that’s how long it takes to fully recover from this syndrome.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
A wonderfully caring man walking along the foreshore spotted a flying fox struggling on the sand. He knew the tide was coming in so grabbed a towel and carefully, without touching, carried the bat, who we’ve named Beach, to safety and hung him in a tree for our rescuer to find. Thank you so much!![]()
Once Beach got a taste for mango and banana smoothie, he didn’t want to stop. He’s now recovering in a flight aviary and will be released as soon as he’s ready.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
This little grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is busily practicing to be a pollinator. As you can see, Sault is already quite an expert at manipulating the blossom with his long tactile thumbs to reach the nectar. Sault was one of many orphans rescued from a flying-fox campsite that was devastated by a severe hailstorm several weeks ago. In a few more months all of the orphans that have come into our care this season will be released into the wild to begin their important work as pollinators and seed-dispersers.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
This might look slow and messy but this is a major achievement for Monet, who has flying fox paralysis syndrome (FFPS). He couldn’t swallow for the first three days after his rescue.![]()
He was found on a bike path by a caring person. Thank you for calling to get him help. ❤![]()
Monet’s carer is as happy as Monet himself is, now that he can feed himself. He is one of many victims of this toxin that we have rescued in the last couple of months. He will need to stay in care for several months to regain his strength before he can be released.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.