Flying foxes/ Fruit Bats caught in fruit tree netting or dead on powerlines
What can I do?
Please DO NOT HANDLE BATS, if you come across a bat call or sms "I found a bat" by hitting the I found a bat Button
Animalia has a team of volunteers available to rescue and rehabilitate Fruit bats and Micro bats,
Fruit bats can be found feeding on flowering eucalyptus, lily pilly, olive berry, banksia trees and many other Australian native trees flowers and shrubs.
Grey headed flying foxes, Little Reds and Black flying foxes have all been sighted within Victoria and are key seed disperses and pollinators of many endangered species of eucalyptus and indigenous flora.
Should you come across a dead flying fox or one in a weakened state needing rescue please call Animalia Wildlife Shelter for advice and or rescue.
Microbats are amazing creatures who are a key animal in disease control , yes you read correctly Microbats actually help humans stay healthy by eating up to 4000 mosquitoes per night per bat. Pretty amazing right ! Australia has microbats living across every state protecting us from Mosquitoes born diseases like Ross River Fever, Malaria, West Nile Virus- the following list is within Australia and these clever little bats that eat mosquitoes help to reduce the risk of us getting infected, YAY MICRO BATS!!
What can I do?
Please DO NOT HANDLE BATS, if you come across a bat call or sms "I found a bat" by hitting the I found a bat Button
Animalia has a team of volunteers available to rescue and rehabilitate Fruit bats and Micro bats,
Fruit bats can be found feeding on flowering eucalyptus, lily pilly, olive berry, banksia trees and many other Australian native trees flowers and shrubs.
Grey headed flying foxes, Little Reds and Black flying foxes have all been sighted within Victoria and are key seed disperses and pollinators of many endangered species of eucalyptus and indigenous flora.
Should you come across a dead flying fox or one in a weakened state needing rescue please call Animalia Wildlife Shelter for advice and or rescue.
Microbats are amazing creatures who are a key animal in disease control , yes you read correctly Microbats actually help humans stay healthy by eating up to 4000 mosquitoes per night per bat. Pretty amazing right ! Australia has microbats living across every state protecting us from Mosquitoes born diseases like Ross River Fever, Malaria, West Nile Virus- the following list is within Australia and these clever little bats that eat mosquitoes help to reduce the risk of us getting infected, YAY MICRO BATS!!
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- Ross River Virus and Barmah Forest Virus in WA (PDF 191KB)
- Ross River Virus Disease – A Management Guide for General Practitioners (PDF 272KB)
- Dengue factsheet (PDF 445KB)
- Ross River Virus infection
- Barmah Forest Virus
- Mosquito-Borne Disease follow-up form (PDF 125KB)
