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.
Henry is a very lucky boy. Just a young flying fox at around 4-5 months old, he had a mishap that left him on the ground and he became filthy from crawling around. He was spotted in a park and his wonderful finder stayed to show our rescuer where he was. This was super helpful because Henry was on the move, slowly, and there were many trees in the park that would make finding him a challenge. Thank you!![]()
Henry was very thin. He’s already gained a lovely amount of weight and we expect to be releasing him quite soon.![]()
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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 Kimberley’s dummy is nearly as big as she is! She was found on the ground under a large fig tree in the garden of a caring person. Thanks for calling to get her help. ❤![]()
She was one month old and very underweight. Sometimes mother flying foxes will fly out of their camp to forage with their baby and “park” their baby in a safe tree, while they forage alone, planning to come back later. We think that’s what Kimberley’s mum did but, for some reason, she wasn’t able to come back. After several days getting hungrier and hungrier, Kimberley fell to the ground. She’s now thriving with her foster carer.![]()
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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 gorgeous baby, named Friday by the kind homeowner who found her, is yet another late season flying-fox orphan. We don’t know what happened to Friday’s mother, but somehow this little one ended up hanging in a backyard bush. Little Friday is a bit sooky and needs a lot of reassurance from her carer, but she is doing well.![]()
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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.
Chloe is a juvenile grey-headed flying fox who was found on the ground in a park next to a library. So who better to name her after than an author? And what better author than one passionate about animal welfare: Chloe Aridjis. ❤![]()
Poor batty Chloe was very thin and flies had laid eggs on her. ![]()
Thanks to the excellent care by the wildlife vet team at RSPCA QLD we are confident Chloe is on the road to recovery.![]()
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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.
Pansy was spotted one night at a sports ground. By the time our rescuer arrived, she couldn’t be found. Thanks so much to Pansy’s saviours for locating her again, calling again and staying with her until another rescuer arrived. She’s about 9 weeks old and should still be with her mum but she was considerably underweight so something had happened to separate them. ![]()
She met her first grape 🍇 that night and it was instant love. ❤![]()
Pansy has settled in with some of our other 9 week old orphans. When they’re older and a healthy weight, we look forward to releasing them 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.
Some kind people heard a noise coming from their water tank, which is not currently in use and was open at the top. On investigating, they were astounded to see a flying fox stranded in the tank. There is a fruiting tree overhanging it so this poor girl, who they named Bubbles, had somehow ended up in the tank, with no way out.![]()
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She was filthy and her fur was matted with slime. Bubbles was understandably quite terrified. She had a day of rest, warmth and yummy fruit. Her carer considered shampooing her but this would further traumatise her. The best option was to put Bubbles in a flight aviary with other bats. This would calm her considerably. She could then clean herself with the help of some steady rain we’ve been having.![]()
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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 beautiful big black flying fox is Foxtel. He was hopelessly caught on an aerial and was spotted by a resident across the road and called in. Thank you!![]()
Luckily access for a fire truck was good and the local Fire and Rescue Service Queensland Fire Department were happy to help. Thank you too!![]()
Poor Foxtel was terrified by the noise of the cherry picker approaching him and struggled, entangling himself worse than he previously was. It was a very challenging job to untangle him but one of our most experienced rescuers was up to the task. ❤![]()
How often do you check your TV antenna? It’s rare, but flying foxes are caught on them from time to time. Please consider making a habit of checking yours every morning.![]()
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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 day. Three rescues. Three different locations. Three 8-week-old-ish black flying foxes. Two boys and a girl so…meet Harry, Ron and Hermione. 🦇🦇🦇![]()
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We suspect they were separated from their mothers during Tropical Cyclone Alfred and have been high in trees alone until, some days later, thin and hungry, they’ve come down lower where they were spotted by caring people who called to get them help. ❤ All of them are considerably underweight but otherwise uninjured.![]()
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We’ll feed these cute kids up and release them when they’re ready for their second chance.![]()
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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.![]()
Lee is a very lucky boy to have been spotted at night trapped in a vacant construction site. Why was he trapped? The fencing was made of metal. Flying foxes are good climbers but need to be able to dig their claws into what they’re climbing, as they do with trees. Metal is too hard so poor Lee could only crawl around looking for a way out. He looks pretty sad in the photo of where he was found, so we’re thrilled that RSPCA QLD found nothing more than grazes on his finger joints. As soon as those grazes have healed, we’ll release him back to the wild where he belongs.![]()
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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.
Amon and Amir are two young black flying fox boys who were out foraging in different locations on one of the windy nights during Tropical Cyclone Alfred when they were buffeted into something and ended up hanging down low not feeling great. Luckily both were spotted and called in. Amon is around 3 months old and Amir, 4 months. Both are recovering well, enjoying their fruit buffet each evening. It won’t be long before they’re ready to head 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.