Submissions and Letters

Submission opposing "A new approach to managing flying fox roosts"Submissions now closed

Submissions closed on Friday 21 June - thank you to all who contributed.
The Qld Government proposes to hand over responsibility for managing flying fox roosts to local councils. We oppose this plan and prepared a paper, which you can still view by clicking HERE.


We provided this document to help people who wanted to make a submission, but did not have the time to build one from scratch.  Although submissions are now closed, we are leaving this up for a few days for anyone who is interested.

Click HERE for a list of additional dot points that further explained why the proposal would likely make the situations even worse for bats - and for people.

For details of the Department of Environment & Heritage Protection proposal click on this link.

General Submissions

The following are some of the submissions (recent and otherwise) which have been made in relation to the issue of shooting (and also electrocution) of bats for crop protection.  We provide them here to help and/or reference if you intend writing your own submission:
  • Our initial submission from over 40 NGOs (Mar 2012) - NGO Statement
  • 28 NGO's Oppose Knuth's Bill (Sep 2012) - Land Protection Bill Amendments
  • A submission on the Cruelty of Shooting Flying-foxes in Orchards - a Background paper for the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee; Authored by Dr. Carol Booth July 2006. Download PDF.

Letter Templates

We have five letter templates which were put together by a group of conservationists and wildlife advocates.  Please feel free to use these as is, or personalise them as you see fit. 
  • This document contains names, addresses and a little advice
  • Letter 1 focuses on the animal cruelty aspect of shooting bats
  • Letter 2 asks questions about the sustainability of shooting bats
  • Letter 3 asks how they would monitor compliance with the regulations
  • Letter 4 asks if they have considered the cumulative effect of shooting
  • Letter 5 asks who they consulted about animal welfare issues

Resources

For additional reports and information sources that you can refer to when drafting your letters or submissions, see our Resources page