Charmaine Watkins wants thousands of bats that live in the trees behind the property was transferred or destroyed. AN Ipswich couple has supported the call for action on flying foxes, stating that the creature had made their backyard unusable. Charmaine and Kevin Watkins has lived in the property Coalfalls them for decades, but said in the last few years the colony of bats has destroyed what was once the perfect retreat. "We can not enjoy our own backyard because we are afraid to walk through the droppings of bats and sick," said Mrs Watkins. "We worry that we can get sick from them, and will not let our children play outside unless we wash away the first swing.
" We are not talking about some good bats. They just looked like sitting in the branches of the mulberry tree, there are many of them "Mr and Mrs Watkins estimates that during peak season there are several thousand bats roost in trees in their backyard and also on neighboring properties . . " People who do not live with the animals don't understand how disgusting they are, and we were here before them, "he said. " I know and understand that all animals should have the opportunity and right to life.
However, when the disease-laden bats take over the suburbs, something needs to be done "A deadly outbreak of Hendra virus in south-east Queensland has brought renewed calls for the bats that roost in the trees on the outskirts of Ipswich. It has been destroying dozens of Six horses have died within a few weeks ago after contracting the Hendra virus and about 40 people are being tested to see if they also contracted the virus . . scientific information available on the virus is incomplete and research is underway to discover how it is transmitted from flying foxes to horses. While the Hendra virus was found in flying-fox populations and low risk for infected horses, once a horse contracts the disease can spread to humans in close contact with body fluids of horses.
bat is also known to infect people with deadly Lyssavirus, Ipswich with a man infected with the disease last year after being bitten by a flying fox. Mrs. Watkins and the other residents have voiced their concerns with the board. Ipswich city council Andreas Antoniolli he sympathized with residents who have moved into a bat their backyard, but said the damage was not the answer. "The issue here is the management of a bat colony and it is the responsibility of the state," said Cr Antoniolli.
"We need to remove emotion and find real solutions and real solutions rather than extermination, moving them from behind the man's feet. " Cr Antoniolli said the bat population in Ipswich has declined over the last few years. "The reality is that no one wants to bat in their backyard, but the amount of their decline," he said. "The main solution is to try and promote a colony into an area that has minimal impact on the environment. ".
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