bogarde73 wrote on Dec 9
th, 2016 at 1:21pm:
Kill the buggers.
They are destroying our fruit industry, gradually working down from northern NSW. I believe even banana growers are giving up.
And the stupid, lily-livered politicians, afraid of a millennial & green backlash, don't do anything except hand out bits of compensation to people affected by bat infestations.
Kill any bat you see.
And I would like a bounty on Greens. Wanted Dead or Alive, anyone spouting green bullshit.
$50 a head on delivery of the body.
The use of the word "bat" alone is a very broad sword to sweep.
The bats you refer to are Flying Foxes/Fruit Bats.
There are 4 types of Flying Foxes in Australia.
I believe fruit growers have a right to protect their crops from these animals ......
I also believe Councils should be able to move on colonies that establish themselves in residential/town /city environs where they have never been before.
The carry diseases like the deadly Lyssa Virus, make a lot of noise & stink the place up that bad that nearby property values plummet & you couldn't sell up if you wanted. They also end up killing the trees they roost in from their waste.