Determinations of the NSW Scientific committee on the listing of grey-headed flying-foxes as a threatened species in NSW. NSW Parks and Wildlife Service

Proceedings of a workshop to assess the status of the grey-headed flying fox in NSW, 29th April 2000. Australasian Bat Society

Grey-headed flying fox recovery outline. Chris Tidemann, Peggy Eby, Kerryn Parry-Jones, Michael Vardon in The Action Plan for Australian Bats. Editors A. Duncan. G.B. Brock and N. Montgomey.

Culling of Grey-headed flying foxes in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. Dominique Thiriet. Flying-fox Rescue Coordinator. Townsville, Qld

To Senator Allison Jennifer Holmes, University of Tenesee

AGE and Melbourne Herald Letter to Editor: Gwen Parry-Jones, Co-Director,
Wambina Flying-fox Education and Research Centre

Let cull begin: no ifs, no bats. The AGE. Jane Rickards. 28th March 2001. Jane Rickards.

Flying foxes to fly no more in the Park.Penny Fannin.The AGE, Tue. 7th March 2000

Press release: Philip Moors (Director MBG) 27th Mar. 2001 "Culling will proceed...."

A day later, a press release was issued by Animals Australia - stating that some 8,000 flying-foxes had left the MBG to migrate north

Smart bats are moving north ahead of the guns. 28th March 2001. Animals Australia

Given that 8x as many flying foxes had left the gardens as the intended cull- why has the cull still proceeded?

Letter to BATLINE Meeting between MGB and scientists. 3rd April 2001. Kerryn Parry-Jones

Changes in management practices for flying foxes in eastern Australia. Peggy Eby

On the intrinsic capacity for increase in Australian flying-foxes Len Martin and Allen Mcilwee

LATEST UPDATE:

"We can now say, with a meaure of confidence, that the greys are safe in the RMBG for the time being. In short, the HSAW campaign to secure the physical safety of the MBG colony was successful.

My greatest thanks go to that small group of activists who night after night for five months let the RMBG know that we mean't business and that we were not going away. At least three thousand grey-headed flying foxes owe their lives to you".

Lawrence Pope. President. Humane Society for Animal Welfare.

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Contributors

Les Hall, Greg Richards, Nicki Markus, Len Martin, Allen McIlwee, Avril May. Viven Jones, Gwen Parry-Jones, Kerryn Parry-Jones, Kathy Davis, Carol Booth, Dominique Thiriet, Lawerence Pope, Glenys Oogjes, Jennifer Holmes, Maggie Allmand.

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank all those on BATLINE who have offered their generous support and advice, in particular our thanks goes out to Hugh Spencer, John Luly, Patrina Birt, Amanda Lollar, Meagan Butler, Jo Ellen Arnold, Janelle, Justin Miller, Lisa Windflower, Peter Myroniuk, Charlene Reynolds, Judith May, Fred and Sonya Stanvic, Suzanne and Henry Grzegorski.

We also wish to thank Clemens Vermeulen at the Alternative News Network for his invaluable technical advice and support

Please also visit The Wildlife Care Network for further information

Scientists devastated at carnage in Botanic Gardens. Press Release. Nicki Markus. Australiasian Bat Society, 13th April, 2001

Why culling will fail to solve the flying fox problem at Melbourne Botanic Gardens: Leslie Hall, Greg Richards and Nicki Markus

On the effects of culling the flying foxes Pteropus conspicillatus in northern Queensland and P. poliocephalus in Victoria, NSW and southeast Queensland. Len Martin and Allen Mcilwee

The killing of the flying-foxes. 19th April. Gwen Parry-Jones. Co-Director, Wambina Flying-fox Education and Research Centre

Bats fall from the sky - shot as they fly. 11th April 2001. Glenys Oogjes. Animals Australia

Flying-fox shooting begins - efforts at humane Euthanasia abandoned? 11th April 2001. Nicola Beynon. Humane Society International.

Supreme court injunction to stop flying-fox shooting failed. 30th March 2001. Nicola Beynon. Humane Society International

Smart bats are moving north ahead of the guns. 28th March 2001. Animals Australia

Animal groups react angrily as flying-fox slaughter begins. 27th March 2001. Glenys Oogjes. Animals Australia

HSI slams ministers decision to allow mass cull of a threatened species. 15th March 2001. Nicola Beynon. Humane Society International.

Minister ignores scientific advice on threatened flying fox. 12th March. Nicola Beynon. Humane Society International.

Hands off the flying-foxes - native animals are more important than trees. 23rd Janurary 2001. Glenys Oogjes. Animals Australia

HSI urges victorian environment minister to stick to her promises on flying-foxes. 24th January 2001. Nicola Beynon. Humane Society International.

Botanic Gardens bat cull should be stopped. 25th May 2000. Nicola Beynon. Humane Society International.

Botanic Gardens to destroy flying foxes. 9th March 2000. Nicola Beynon. Humane Society International

Find out the latest media releases from Animals Australia and Humane Society International

Advisor resigns in flying-fox row. The Age. Penny Fannin. Tuesday 15th May.

State asked to explain bat-cull. Claire Miller. Environmental Reporter. The Age. 1st May, 2001.

Experts go to bat for flying-foxes. The Age. Jan Rickaras. Thur, 19th April.

Dead bat dumped in cull protest. The Age. Tuesday, 17th April.

Bat cull branded cruel. Herald Sun. Inga Gilchrist. Tuesday, 17th April.

Experts to hunt for bat home. The AGE. 12th April, 2001. Claire Miller.

Democrats go into bat for flying foxes. 3rd April 2001. Senator Lyn Allison

Bats fly back into a garden's dawning. The AGE. 1st April 2001. John Elder

Yarra haven to lure bats. Herald Sun. 29th March. Regina Titelius

Bat cull about to start. The AGE. 27th March 2001. Heather Gallagher

Extremists threat to gardens. Herald Sun. 21st March 2001.Nick Papps

Beauty and beasts in the gardens. The AGE 19th March. Editorial opinion

Federal listing could thwart flying-fox cull. The AGE. 16th March 2001. Brett Foley.

Animal Libbers slam bat cull. The AGE. AAP. 15th March, 2001

Cull the bats or kill the Botanic Gardens? The AGE. 23rd January, 2001. Dimity Reed.

Going from bat to worse. The AGE, 19th March 2000. Andrew Masterson

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