Table Of Contents

MEMBERS CONTACT LIST

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A contact list of our Management Committee and Office Bearers (Oct 2020)

MEMBER RESCUERS LIST 

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Issued by WILVOS (May 2020)

MANUALS

BEGINNERS TRAINING MANUAL FOR FLYING-FOXES

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Beginners Training Manual (reviewed 2016) – Get Your Training Wheels On!

WILDMAN (ANIMAL RECORDS)

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Animal Records Manual – 2009 – The ‘Bible’ For All Carers!

FLYING-FOX MANUAL V3

David Pinson is a photographer, writer, wildlife carer and co-founder of Daintree Life. He is also the author and publisher of this detailed and invaluable manual.

Available online or on a USB, the Flying-fox Manual V3 can be purchased directly from his website. First written in 2009, this current version (v3.0.1) was upgraded in January 2021.

FLYING-FOX HEAT EVENT MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES SEQ

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Another MUST read. Written By Tanya Bishop and Rachel Lyons. 66 pages of excellent information. All you need to know about Heat Stress Event management.

MANAGING HEAT STRESS IN FLYING-FOX COLONIES

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Written by Linda Collins, Sonya Stanvic and Viki McDonald. This very informative presentation explains how to manage Heat Stress Events (‘HSE’).

This 37 page document discusses personal experience of 19 HSE’s between 1994-2019. These included monitoring colonies between 2000-2019. Extreme high temperatures of >42 degree C for 54 days were part of those HSE’s!

A MUST read for all Members, as these events become increasingly common in current times.

Other Useful Documents For Heat Stress Events:

1. The Flying-Fox Heat Stress Forecaster

The Flying-Fox Heat Stress Forecaster predicts the camp (roost) locations where Flying-foxes are likely to experience extreme heat. 

Using computer model weather data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, it can forecast up to 72 hours into the future​.

It was created by a team from Western Sydney University and the University of Melbourne, working with the Australian Bat Society (ABS). 

2. First Aid Fact Sheet – Snake Bite – St. Johns

Basic First Aid For Snake BiteDownload

3. HSE Weather and Behaviour Observations Sheet

HSE Weather and Behaviour Observations SheetDownload

4. First Aid & Triage To Follow At A HSE

First Aid & Triage To Follow At A HSEDownload

INTRODUCTION TO THE CARE & REHABILITATION OF MICROBATS

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Introduction To The Care & Rehabilitation Of Microbats – Every Microbat Carer’s ‘Bible’!

Focussing on species found mainly in South-east Queensland, this manual was collated by Rachel Lyons (Wildcare). It covers all you need to know about the care and rehabilitation of microbats.

As an acknowledged ‘work in progress’ this manual is constantly being reviewed and updated.

So please ensure you are using the latest version of the manual.

The current version is v6.0 released Dec 2020. It is also uploaded in the ‘Files’ section of ‘Australian Microbat Rehabilitation Forum’ on Facebook.

FORMS:

Membership Application Form

Adopt A Bat Form

C3 Incident Report Form

Referral form for ABLV titre level

Flying-fox Event Report Form

USEFUL DOCUMENTS:

Code of Practice

The Code of Practice – Care of Sick, Injured or Orphaned Protected Animals In Queensland was approved in 2013.  Read about how, when and why this Code was created.

The Code of Practice discusses current best practice, standards and guidelines in wildlife care and rehabilitation.

To download the EcoAccess document (rev. 2020) click HERE.  

C3 Advice 

If a human/bat interaction has occurred ie. being bitten or scratched by a bat, this is called a C3 (Risk Category 3) event. To obtain more advice about ABLV click HERE (Queensland Health 2020).

Animal Care & Protection Act of 2001 (rev. July 2016)

For more information, click HERE

Australian Bat Clinic & Wildlife Centre Report (6 Sept 2019)

For more information click HERE

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS OF BAT RESCUE INC.:

USEFUL REFERENCES:

Books

  • Australian Bats, Second Edition, Churchill S, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2009
  • Flying-Foxes Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia, Hall L and Richards G, U of NSW Press, Sydney, 2000
  • Bats, The Natural History Museum, Richardson P, 2002
  • Hand-Rearing and Development of the Orphaned Flying-fox, Collins L, 2002 revision
  • Bats In Captivity, Volumes 1-4, Barnard S (Ed), Logos Press Washington, 2009-2012
  • Nest Boxes for Wildlife – A Practical Guide, Franks A and S, Bloomings Books, Brisbane, 2003
  • Bats in Question – The Smithsonian Answer Book, Wilson D and Tuttle M, CSIRO Publishing, 1997
  • Bats – A Portrait of the Animal World, Cleave A, Todtri Publishing, 1999
  • Captive Care and Medical Reference for the Rehabilitation of Insectivorous Bats, Lollar A and French B, 2002
  • Talking Wildlife, Nattrass R, Steve Parish Publishing, 2004
  • A Wild Australian Guide of BATS, Hall L, Steve Parish Publishing, 2009
  • Mammals of Victoria: Distribution, ecology and conservation, Menkhorst P (Ed), Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1995
  • The Mammals of Australia, Van Dyck S and Strahan R (Eds), New Holland, Sydney, 2008

‘Batty” Social Media Sites

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Bat Organisation Websites

To find out more about other Bat Organisations within Australia or abroad, check out our main menu: ABOUT BATS – BAT WEBSITE LINKS

Bat Eco-Tourism

To find out more about Flying-fox related Eco-Tourism or ‘Bat Tourism’ within Australia and abroad, head to our Main Menu :

ABOUT BATS -> BAT ECO-TOURISM

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