For wildlife emergencies you can contact either FAUNA or the RSPCA.

F.A.U.N.A. (Fostercare of Australia 's Unique Native Animals) Association Inc.
e: secretary [AT] fauna.com.au
Emergency Rescue: 1300 FAUNA1, 1300 328 621
Phone: 07 5466 4144
Mobile: 0427 066 933

FAUNA are reasonably well represented here on the Darling Downs.

Alternatively contact:

RSPCA Queensland
www.rspcaqld.org.au/emergencies
Phone: 1300 ANIMAL ( 1300 264 625 )

To ensure an animal suffers from the minimum amount of stress you should place it in a dark, quiet area away from people and pets.

Council does not offer any services to trap or remove possums.

A permit is required to trap and remove possums.

Residents who experience problems with possums should contact:

Department of Environment and Resource Management on 1300 130 372 in order to arrange the removal or relocation of possums

DPI and National Parks & Wildlife on 13 74 68

Handy links

• Queensland Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM)
• Living with Wildlife - (DERM website)

For many years Grey and Black flying foxes have been seasonal visitors to the Kearney's Spring area.

Flying foxes (commonly referred to as fruit bats or bats) are a protected species and it is an offence to kill or injure them or to interfere with their roosts. Flying-foxes are social animals that usually live in large colonies or camps. Their roosts can be as small as a dozen animals but usually number in the thousands.

Camps are often semi-permanent, sometimes dispersing seasonally or when food is no longer available nearby or an area is overtaken by the impacts of encroaching development.