Help Baby Bats Take Flight!

It has been a relatively quiet start to pup season in New South Wales this year, which is good, as we much prefer pups and mums to stay together.

I have 3 pups in care at the moment: one little girl was found on the outside of a swimming pool and the little boy was found at the base of a tree, all alone. The final little girl I have in care is a bit special as she is a twin. Mum came into care with a head injury and it was found that she was carying two pups, which is very rare. The mum was only able to feed one pup while she was recevring from her injuries so the boy was left with her and both mum and pup are doing well. The littel girl came into my care a few weeks ago and after a bit of a rough start is also thriving.

We have started work on the maintenance at Kukundi and thanks to the hard work of a few Sydney Wildlife members, we have had a coolroom installed. This going to be amazing once the season is in full swing.

Unfortunately up north in Queensland, where they have been suffereing from heat wave conditions so early in the season, it is not such a good story. The Spectacled Flying Fox speceis in Queensland has been decimated by this record breaking heat wave. Thousands of adults and pups have dropped dead due to the extreme temperatures, and many hundreds of orphaned pups have come into care. 

This species is currently listed as vulnerable in Australia and conservationists have been pushing to upgrade the species to endangered.

Sorry to end the report on such a sad note, however, thank you for all of your generous donations that enable us to contiune to rescue, rehabilitate and release back into the wild our beautiful flying foxes. We couldn't do it without your help

Fiona

Links:

• Queensland heat wave decimates bats
• Guardian report on Queensland heat wave