More than 400 animals have died in one colony
alone as temperatures soar above 47C, causing exhaustion and dehydration
Tue 9 Jan ‘18 11.14 GMTLast
modified on Tue 9 Jan ‘18 11.59 GMT
A colony of flying foxes has been nearly
wiped out by extreme heat in the Campbelltown suburb of Sydney, according to
environmentalists.
The Help Save
the Wildlife and Bushlands in Campbelltown campaign posted
a series of images to Facebook showing the corpses of the animals lying in the
ground, apparently after they had died from dehydration in the soaring
temperatures. The group say more than 400 of the animals were lost, many of
them juveniles.
Volunteers have been working to save the
animals, rehydrating them and taking them to places where they can be kept
cool. Temperatures in Sydney
reached a near 80-year record high of 47.3C on Sunday.
Cate Ryan, one of the first volunteers on the
scene, told media in Australia that “it was unbelievable. I saw a lot of dead
bats on the ground and others were close to the ground and dying. I have never
seen anything like it before.”
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