• Remove cocos palms completely if you can, or at least remove their seed bunches as soon as they start to develop
• Remove barbed wire and netting near cocos palms (it’s a good idea to remove these anyway in wildlife areas)
• Rake up and dispose of dropped seeds so bats don’t come down to the ground to feed, risking dog attacks (there are more flying-foxes and bats killed by dog attacks than koalas)
• If you hear birds being noisy near a cocos palm, there may be a trapped bat. Please check and report it to Bat Care Brisbane or the RSPCA immediately
• Report all bats caught on barbed wire, in netting or caught in cocos palms
• If you’d like to donate to a charity or worthy cause, use your money to have your cocos palms removed – you could save many flying-foxes and bats

Remember: NO PALM – NO HARM

If you find an injured or sick flying fox or any bat, please contact the Bat Rescue Hotline urgently on 0488 228 134 and for more info please visit www.bats.org.au