Queensland rangers are investigating after 48 little bent-wing bats were found with 'horrendous' injuries in a tunnel on a popular Sunshine Coast walking track.
Dozens of microbats have been deliberately torched and killed in an old railway tunnel on the Sunshine Coast.Queensland rangers are investigating after arsonists torched and killed 48 little bent-wing bats on the Sunshine Coast.
Vet Ludo Valenza said about half the bats were dead on arrival and the remaining animals were in "horrendous states" with severe burns and toxic fume inhalation." found a spray can left nearby, leading them to believe that the animals may have actually been torched," she said."It's just absolutely gobsmacking why someone would do something like this to our precious wildlife," she said.
"We do really want to find who did this and we do want to put an end to wildlife crimes" Dr Valenza said.
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