Overview
- Volunteers, carers and Australia Zoo staff continue a multi-day operation to cut bats from inch-by-inch netting and stabilise them before transfer.
- DETSI says it is investigating, its officers have attended and given advice, and it has found no evidence of offences under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
- The driving range is shut until further notice, and the club says the netting was approved and it is seeking a fix that protects wildlife.
- Rescuers and Australia Zoo urge removal or bat-safe modifications, with suggestions including highly visible reflectors to prevent night-time entanglement.
- The incident follows multiple similar events this month, and the club set up temporary floodlights overnight to deter bats, which rescuers say is not a long-term solution.