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.
This sad little figure on the ground is Charlie, a four month old black flying fox. He accidentally flew or climbed through the web of an orb weaver spider whose webs are particularly sticky! It stuck his wing bones together on his left wing so well he couldn’t fly. Charlie was quite skinny so he’d been like that a couple of days. He’s so lucky he was spotted and called in. Thank you!![]()
Now that he’s all cleaned up, he’s feasting in the flight aviary and we’ll release him when he’s a healthy weight.![]()
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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 guy took an accidental swim in a pool. He was passed to us via Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. Following treatment for aspiration pneumonia, he was cleared for release. After some very important limbering up and grooming, he was off! Thank you to everyone involved in his adventure.![]()
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The Northern free-tailed bat (Ozimops lumsdenae), is a related but different and larger species than Little Tony (Ozimops ridei) that was featured in our post on 14 January. ![]()
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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.
You may be aware of Queensland MP Andrew Powell’s decision to continue to allow the shooting of flying-foxes for ‘crop protection’. ![]()
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SOME KEY POINTS: ![]()
* shooting flying-foxes is not an effective method of crop protection ![]()
* shooting flying-foxes is inhumane - in one NSW study (of over 250 shot flying-foxes) not a single one was killed instantly![]()
* this legal shooting still includes a quota for grey-headed flying-foxes, a federally threatened species![]()
* the quotas do not account for babies left to starve to death when their mothers can’t return to them ![]()
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WHAT CAN BE DONE?![]()
We want the state government to support our farmers to install full coverage netting. This netting benefits farmers by increasing profits. It benefits flying-foxes by preventing them from being shot in an ineffective attempt to protect crops. ![]()
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🦇Queensland residents🦇![]()
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Please sign this petition![]()
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www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Petitions/petition-details/4384-26![]()
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🦇Everyone🦇![]()
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Please visit cabinet.qld.gov.au/ministers-portfolios/andrew-powell.aspx and go to the bottom of the page to contact the minister (ask for a response). This is best done in your own words.![]()
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Thank you!![]()
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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.
Imagine if you lost control of your arms and had no idea why. That’s what happens to flying foxes when they succumb to flying fox paralysis syndrome (FFPS). Their wings become semi-paralysed. It must be so confusing! It also affects their blink, swallow and tongue.![]()
This beautiful adult black flying fox is Sia. She’s on the mend and we’d love you to share our joy as you watch her improve. Early on her tongue is lolling out of the side of her mouth because she can’t control it. With gentle care, she becomes able to lap smoothie and later, feed herself, even if very messily.![]()
Sia will be in care for several months before she has fully regained her strength and is ready for release.![]()
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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 keen-eyed member of the public spotted a tiny little dot hanging way above on high tension powerlines. Our volunteers waited patiently onsite for more than four hours until Lilly, an orphan black flying-fox, was retrieved by a wonderful crew from #Energex. Lilly was exhausted but is now doing well in care. Thank you to everyone involved in this tricky rescue. ![]()
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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 you missed the Batty Boat Cruise yesterday, you missed seeing this sleeping beauty as you cruised the beautiful Brisbane River and learnt bat facts.![]()
There’ll be another one in mid February. Batty Boat Cruises are hosted by Wildlife Queensland and are fabulous.![]()
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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.
Flying foxes are social animals and sometimes our hand-raised orphans form strong bonds of friendship. We have two such pairs in creche right now.![]()
Theo and Xue Yang have been best buddies ever since Xue Yang’s rescue, when he joined Theo with the same carer. They are both grey-headed flying foxes.![]()
Kandy and Winnie are BBFFFFs (Best Black Flying Fox Friends Forever). They are never far from each other.![]()
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We’ll make sure these two pairs are released together so their friendship can continue 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.
‘Little Tony’ is a young Eastern Free-tailed bat (Ozimops ridei), found on the ground in the loading area of a hardware store. Human Tony did the right thing by not touching the little bat and seeking help. Being young and inexperienced, we think Little Tony was caught out by recent storms and sought shelter undercover. He might have then become disoriented when the doors were shut at close of business late that evening. ![]()
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Using an Anabat ultrasonic detector, Little Tony’s carer located his friends calling nearby - and he took off beautifully to join them!![]()
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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.
One week from today!![]()
Dear local friends, here's a chance to join a fabulous dusk cruise hosted by Wildlife Queensland. See wild bats fly over and an orphaned flying fox up close. Please join us if you can. 🦇
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Sweet little Audrey is just two months old and she was spotted hanging low alone by a kind person who called for help. Thank you!![]()
We knew she hadn’t been with her mum for some days because she was very skinny and had grazes from crawling around on the ground. She also had a very sore shoulder. Thanks to the wildlife vet team at RSPCA QLD for checking her over and treating her. Audrey’s job now is to eat up and gain weight so she can be released with our hand-raised orphans in the coming months.![]()
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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.