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    • Flying foxes
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    • BatMap - monitoring and actions
    • Health concerns
    • Living with Flying-foxes
    • Education and events
    • Flying-fox management
    • Importance of Flying-foxes
    Flying foxes

    Council has developed a Regional Flying-fox Management Plan[1584KB]. The plan has been endorsed by the state government, and is approved by the federal government as a conservation agreement. The management plan provides a range of clear management options to assist council in decision-making on how best to manage Flying-foxes within the region.

    • BatMap - monitoring and actions

      Follow up to date monitoring and management actions of all flying-fox roosts on council land

    • Health concerns

      Queensland Health advises that while Flying foxes can carry Hendra Virus and Australasian Bat Lyssavirus, disease can only be transmitted via a scratch or bite

    • Living with Flying-foxes

      The Grey-headed Flying-fox is considered to exist as a single national population and there are three roosts on the Sunshine Coast which are identified as important to the national population

    • Education and events

      Keep up to date with council's Flying-fox actions and upcoming community events

    • Flying-fox management

      Watch the video to find out all about council's Regional Flying-fox Management Plan

    • Importance of Flying-foxes

      All Flying-foxes and their roosting habitat are protected in Queensland under the Nature Conservation Act 1992

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