Plantation owners call for killing permits for native flying foxes

"Currently, farmers with a permit can kill up to eight grey-headed, 45 black and 50 little red flying foxes annually, and must report each death."

"[Flying foxes] are a native species โ€ฆ they are our only long-distance night pollinators. Flying foxes are losing a lot of their normal habitat, forcing them inland, and so they take risky actions to get food like going into yards and orchards."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-09-22/farmers-call-for-rethink-on-shooting-permits-for-flying-foxes/105788750
#Plantations #food #netting #ExclusionNetting #CostOfDoingBusiness #CODB #monoculture #biodiversity #bats #FlyingFoxes #pollinators #conservation #wildlife

Visual reminder that if you're going to use netting to protect your fruits and vegetables, design it so that birds don't get trapped. And check it daily because they will still get in. NB: this is not my garden; I freed the bird. #birds #sparrows #peas #garden #netting #allotment #vegetables
How the mesh is made.
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In case you where wondering about the shark hammock in my previous post: I made it ๐Ÿ˜

I tought myself how to make nets from two videos a while ago because I've always enjoyed knotting things from parcel string, e.g. simple plant hangers.
Yesterday, I got my first proper netting needle, with which I can make finer nets than with my DIY shuttle crafted from cardboard and masking tape. Currently, I'm using a metal ruler as a gauge.

#netting #knotting #net

I grabbed the netting that holds lemons and limes together while waiting for dinner and created a little set of photos for abstract backgrounds. I spend a lot of time looking around the kitchen for odd ideas!

#phototips #photographer #abstractphotography #netting #backgroundphoto #photographytips #photoideas

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