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 Bank Transfer or PayPal.
All donations of $2.00 and over are tax deductible.
Facebook Posts
We don’t know how but Jody, a juvenile grey-headed flying fox, ended up in the car park of a fast food restaurant. She may have mistook reflections in the glass entry door for trees and flew into it. She ended up on the ground then managed to climb a fence. Jody had a headache and was exhausted when picked up by our rescuer. She spent a fair bit of her early time in care sleeping deeply to recover from her ordeal.
Hamburgers are not for bats. Jody will enjoy plenty more snoozes and banana smoothie as she recovers.
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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.
We were delighted to be part of the IndigiScapes Centre - Redland City Council Eco Market last Saturday to mark Threatened Species Day.
Our ambatador, Seraphina, wowed people young and old with her beauty as they learnt what important pollinators and seed dispersers flying foxes are.
Children spread their “wings” to compare their size to a real flying fox.
Gorgeous Carly dropped in and donated a bag of beautiful bat wraps! Thank you ❤
Nearby, Dani from Wildflowwellbeing made threatened species headbands with children.
Many more people now know what to do if they find a bat on its own in the day time (don’t touch and call us). They also know to always call if they see a flying fox on power lines. This applies all year round but especially from now to the end of the year as a mother who has sadly passed by electrocution may have a live baby clinging to her body that we can save.
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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.
The last Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity on 7th September 1936. The anniversary, commemorated as National Threatened Species Day, aims to raise public awareness of the growing list of Australian native animals and plants that also face the risk of extinction.
Over 2,000 species of plant, animal and ecological communities are now listed as threatened under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999). This includes the grey-headed flying-fox which is officially listed as Vulnerable.
Loss of habitat, climate extremes and human conflict have all contributed to the population decline of grey-headed flying-foxes in recent years. They are keystone pollinators and seed dispersers feeding on more than 100 species of native trees and vines. Protecting this species benefits ecological communities, birds and mammals - especially those which are also listed as threatened.
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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.
Our caller heard a loud noise at 4am one morning and woke to find a flying fox hanging from their car port roof. Thanks very much for calling to get her help, and to your daughter for the cute name, Foxy. She’s a black flying fox who appears to be pregnant with her first baby, so you saved two lives!
Foxy probably flew into the car port or some nearby glass that had reflections in it. She spent two nights under the care of the wildlife vet team at RSPCA QLD because her head was spinning uncomfortably from the knock.
She’s now continuing to recuperate in a flight aviary and, all going well, she’ll be back in the wild before she’s ready to give birth.
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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.
What a transformation! This cold and skinny juvenile black flying fox is Emma. She was spotted on the ground by a wonderful man on a morning walk near a flying fox camp. He bundled her up in his shirt without touching her and kept her safe til our rescuer arrived. Emma was born late in the season and sadly, many of these youngsters have struggled in their first winter.
We’re delighted that Emma’s finder has joined BCRQ and will be helping many more bats in the future. ❤
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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 lovely juvenile black flying fox was spotted one evening crawling on the ground in an inner urban area. His saviour was concerned because it was near busy roads. Our rescuer had just been to see the latest Hugh Jackman movie when she received the call, so of course she called this boy Hugh. The wildlife vet team at RSPCA QLD were happy to check him next day as he had an issue with one eye. That has now fully healed after treatment. Hugh is rebuilding his strength and flight fitness and will soon be ready for release back to 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.
Will is a juvenile black flying fox who had found something to eat on the ground in a front yard. It’s dangerous for flying foxes to be on the ground, because it puts them at risk in many ways, such as being hit by a car or attacked by a dog or cat. But Will was hungry. The very caring people who found him tried to protect him and waited a considerable time with him, until our rescuer arrived. Thank you ❤ They named Will after their beloved dog, who has similar eyes. Will has some skin scraped off his finger joints from crawling around the ground and is skinny but fortunately has no major injuries. He’s joined our other juvies recuperating in one of our flight aviaries.
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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 dear little girl is affectionately known as Avo Ava. She’s really enjoying tucking into a dish of diced pear on her first night in care.
She’d been hanging around in a backyard avocado tree for some days. Then one morning the kind resident found her under the tree and gave us a call.
She was quite underweight but uninjured. Juveniles like Avo Ava, who were born very late in the birthing season and who were struggling to find enough to eat, have been our most common rescue over the last couple of months. You’ve met many of them here over the previous weeks. We’re so glad we can help these little ones. We’re feeding them up so they’re in great condition when we release them again in spring.
Thank you to every caller who found a young bat, or any bat, and called to get it help. ❤
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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 caring family had been putting food out for hungry local possums and were surprised a young flying fox also found the food. They called her Lucky and gave us a call. Lucky flew off the first time our rescuer visited. Four days later we were called again. Poor Lucky was struggling to find enough food and this time our rescuer was able to catch her. Lucky will stay in care until she’s a healthy weight which will coincide with more pleasant spring weather. Surviving through winter when you’re born late in the season is challenging. We’re confident Lucky will do much better when we release her again.
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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.
Pictured here is Havarti, a delightful black flying fox orphan we raised and released a few years ago.
This photo is one of many that has been lifted from our page and reposted in various “bat fan pages” without credit to us. These pages often have the word “bat” or “bats” and “love” or “lover” in their names. The people posting in these groups appear to be fake or hacked profiles. We frequently see content taken from Tolga Bat Hospital, Bats QLD and many other legitimate bat rescue groups on these bat fan pages. Our admins have reported copyright-infringing use of Havarti’s photo and had it removed a dozen times over the last year. So imagine our anger 😡 when a malicious counter-claim was lodged and facebook removed our original post from May 2022. Fortunately, facebook considered our appeal and now acknowledge the counter-claim was invalid.
This all takes time when our admins, who are volunteers, would rather be rescuing and caring for bats!
You’ve probably noticed we now put our logo on everything. This also takes up volunteer time but has slowed down the copyright-infringing use of our content.
If our wonderful supporters see any of our content on other pages without credit, would you please let us know? Thank you 🙏❤
We return to normal programming tomorrow. 🙂🙃
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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.