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Grey-headed flying fox starvation prompts urgent NSW rescue efforts
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Story summary
- Australian rescuers are tackling starvation of grey-headed flying foxes in NSW and Victoria.
- Rachael Smethurst of FAWNA rescue reports receiving 50–90 bat calls each day.
- FAWNA says 95 percent of premature pups will die.
- Volunteers have gone 48 hours without sleep feeding pups every two hours.
- NSW Health assessed 43 people for bat bites or scratches in two weeks.