Those who encounter an injured Formosan flying fox are encouraged to report to the county hotline at 1999 or the Forestry and ...

Queenslanders are being urged not to touch or handle bats that may have fallen from trees, even if they are injured, to avoid ...

Queenslanders have been urged not to touch any bats that may have fallen from trees to avoid being infected with the deadly ...

Extreme heat is causing sick bats to fall out of the sky, triggering Queensland Health to issue a warning of the dangers of ...

Queensland residents have been warned not to touch injured or sick bats to avoid contracting a virus that is deadly to humans.

The threat of deadly lyssavirus has prompted a warning from Qld Heath against touching fallen or injured flying foxes as the number being found on the ground and in people’s yards spikes.

Little red flying foxes at the bat roost in Lissner Park, Charters Towers. Picture: Trudy Brown The Katter’s Australian Party MP said he was demanding immediate action to rid the Towers of the ...