Stop the relocation of the Botanic Gardens Bats Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-the-relocation-of-the-botanic-gardens-bats.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:17 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Ivan Nikanorov [Signature #362] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19418364?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:42:33 UTC 19418364 Deb Cham [Signature #361] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16399551?utm_medium=rss Co-existence is key. This would be a sad planet if only humans existed with no other species. We need our wildlife. Have respect for them. They are absolutely defenseless against so many elements already. Human beings shouldn't be one of those. Grow up and educate yourselves.

]]> Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:24:07 UTC 16399551 Ms Jennifer van Rooyen [Signature #360] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16398976?utm_medium=rss Please don't move these poor bats; where will they go?

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:24:56 UTC 16398976 Ms Kirsty Welch [Signature #359] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16398687?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:36:23 UTC 16398687 Bec Ferrara [Signature #358] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16398368?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Dec 2013 04:09:31 UTC 16398368 Mr James Chadwick [Signature #357] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16398341?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Dec 2013 03:57:23 UTC 16398341 Miss Cara Parsons [Signature #356] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14036333?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Nov 2012 07:53:04 UTC 14036333 robert grant [Signature #355] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13040017?utm_medium=rss 5% of total population. C'mon people !

]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:26:30 UTC 13040017 Dr K armstrong [Signature #354] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10779609?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:05:40 UTC 10779609 Ms Margaret Fomm [Signature #353] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10745833?utm_medium=rss It would be very sad to see the bats moved and ecologically a mistake.

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:51:29 UTC 10745833 Mr Andrew Dalton [Signature #352] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10609039?utm_medium=rss I often bring my wife and children for holidays to these bats ' flyouts ' at dusk. We travel to several of these ' flyouts ' all over Australia. We also travel with other families as a group. We stay in the local accommodation and eat at the local restaurants. Without these tourist attractions the local economy will fail.

]]> Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:20:58 UTC 10609039 Andrea Bartlett [Signature #351] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10413153?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 May 2011 05:04:13 UTC 10413153 Mrs Stacey Gordon [Signature #350] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10380538?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 12:05:21 UTC 10380538 Ms Lisa White [Signature #349] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10379442?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 08:42:40 UTC 10379442 Ms Christine Mansell [Signature #348] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10372641?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 09:16:24 UTC 10372641 Mr AJ Caruana [Signature #347] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10372074?utm_medium=rss If these bats have lived in these gardens since before european settlement. Then what right do the powers in this area have to remove them.

]]> Tue, 3 May 2011 08:17:06 UTC 10372074 mrs Anonymous [Signature #346] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10371931?utm_medium=rss I honestly don't see the point in relocating the bats at all! They are not hurting anyone where they are and if they are relocated what is to say later down the track that someone will want to relocate them again for some reason. They are happy where they are and not causing any problems to anyone so just leave them alone! Pay more attention to reducing the number of Crocodiles as they pose more of a threat to people than the bats do!!

]]> Tue, 3 May 2011 08:00:25 UTC 10371931 L Nicholson [Signature #345] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10371923?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 07:58:49 UTC 10371923 Jesse Jansen [Signature #344] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10371881?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 07:52:48 UTC 10371881 Miss Sarah Curran [Signature #343] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10371348?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 06:46:18 UTC 10371348 Mrs Sharlene Kemp [Signature #342] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10371270?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 06:32:40 UTC 10371270 Ms Sonja Elwood [Signature #341] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10371136?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 May 2011 06:11:28 UTC 10371136 Ms Lee Curtis [Signature #340] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10321623?utm_medium=rss We aren't doing a very good job of protectng our threatened species, are we?

]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:48:50 UTC 10321623 Mr Nicholas Mitchell [Signature #339] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10296100?utm_medium=rss The native bats are in the Royal Botanical Gardens because humans have taken most of their habitat from them. These 22,000 bats make up 5% of the total global population of this species. Should native bats be endangered because of non-native exotic trees?

]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:01:12 UTC 10296100 Miss Kathryn Allen [Signature #338] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10248288?utm_medium=rss Flying Foxes are my favourite animal, it's a joy to live in the same city as them. We (humans) have reduced their natural habitat by building a city over it, yet they adapted and we've been co-existing, the bats are more important than a few trees; they play a vital role in pollination and are a threatened species ~^..^~ <3

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:58:05 UTC 10248288 Sharon Troy [Signature #337] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10248268?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:51:42 UTC 10248268 Mr Tyler King [Signature #336] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10248264?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:50:22 UTC 10248264 mrs jeanne leahy [Signature #335] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10242359?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:17:13 UTC 10242359 bernadette barrett [Signature #334] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10212322?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:27:22 UTC 10212322 Mr David Mcnamara [Signature #333] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10199553?utm_medium=rss Go the fruit bats. The best thing about Sydney.

]]> Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:13:51 UTC 10199553 Mrs Sarina McNamara [Signature #332] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10199500?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:01:04 UTC 10199500 Xenia Masters [Signature #331] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10195825?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Apr 2011 12:31:26 UTC 10195825 Troy Chambers [Signature #330] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10187092?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2011 05:25:23 UTC 10187092 Ms Nicole Jamett [Signature #329] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10174956?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 07:48:53 UTC 10174956 Dr Jane Sedgeley [Signature #328] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10171878?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 12:05:45 UTC 10171878 Mr Simon Mickleburgh [Signature #327] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10171325?utm_medium=rss As a bat conservationist with 25 years experience I feel you should be protecting threatened species not trying to forcibly move them on.

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:39:13 UTC 10171325 Mrs Natalie Buttriss [Signature #326] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10169985?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 06:49:31 UTC 10169985 Mr Pat Roberts [Signature #325] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10169646?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 05:53:36 UTC 10169646 Anonymous [Signature #324] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10169642?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 05:53:14 UTC 10169642 Dr Kate Mc Aney [Signature #323] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10169600?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 05:46:18 UTC 10169600 Karen Cronin [Signature #322] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10166235?utm_medium=rss Such a stunningly beautiful country and wildlife - there has to be a way to come to a solution that works for all.

]]> Tue, 5 Apr 2011 04:06:40 UTC 10166235 Lyn O' Farrell [Signature #321] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10155707?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Apr 2011 11:23:25 UTC 10155707 Billy Flynn [Signature #320] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10155467?utm_medium=rss Having seen these beautiful and striking animals in Sydney for myself, I would be very keen on preventing any actions which may threaten their population.

]]> Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:40:48 UTC 10155467 Ms Lorna O'Mahony [Signature #319] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10153853?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Apr 2011 07:02:54 UTC 10153853 Audra Peterson [Signature #318] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10153655?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Apr 2011 06:36:42 UTC 10153655 ELIZABETH B0AG [Signature #317] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10152683?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Apr 2011 04:36:42 UTC 10152683 Ms Mary O' Brien [Signature #316] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10149300?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Apr 2011 03:22:20 UTC 10149300 Ms Tara Maher [Signature #315] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10143039?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Apr 2011 05:06:14 UTC 10143039 Ann Distin [Signature #314] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10141393?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Apr 2011 12:18:54 UTC 10141393 Mr David Anderson [Signature #313] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10137429?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Apr 2011 04:46:22 UTC 10137429 Mr Usna Keating [Signature #312] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10133471?utm_medium=rss Absolute disgrace to try and move this vulnerable species. australia is renowned for the measures it takes to conserve its biodiversity. Everything should be done to protect these animals in any suitable habitat, whether parkland or not.

]]> Fri, 1 Apr 2011 03:40:58 UTC 10133471 Janet Peterson [Signature #311] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10130749?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Apr 2011 08:39:34 UTC 10130749 william mcnamara [Signature #310] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10129045?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Apr 2011 04:37:34 UTC 10129045 mr Ger Stanton [Signature #309] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10128452?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Apr 2011 03:08:08 UTC 10128452 MS Catherine Shread [Signature #308] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10128299?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Apr 2011 02:38:31 UTC 10128299 Mr Anonymous [Signature #307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10128103?utm_medium=rss It is nonsensical to be removing native species from a place in order to protect introduced plants. Please consider altering the planned relocation to include the 'pest' plants and trees that are ruining the habitat of these flying foxes.

]]> Fri, 1 Apr 2011 01:57:44 UTC 10128103 Dr Donna Houston [Signature #306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10127272?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:55:02 UTC 10127272 Mr Paul Daly [Signature #305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10127241?utm_medium=rss please leave the flying foxes alone

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:43:03 UTC 10127241 Ms Katy Mackay [Signature #304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10127227?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:36:39 UTC 10127227 H. Moorcroft [Signature #303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10126925?utm_medium=rss People in Sydney seem to like those evening shows when the flying foxes take off and us outside Australia can at least watch it on nature programs on TV. Leave those animals alone, they have been there before the city of Sydney was founded!

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:52:42 UTC 10126925 Dr Cynthia Townley [Signature #302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10126429?utm_medium=rss please secure the habitat and well-being of the flying foxes as an urgent priority.

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:50:44 UTC 10126429 ms alwynne cartmell [Signature #301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10126106?utm_medium=rss live and let live please

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:59:03 UTC 10126106 ms bernadette barrett [Signature #300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10125899?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:28:30 UTC 10125899 Mrs Rhonda Roberts [Signature #299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10125844?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:22:10 UTC 10125844 Anonymous [Signature #298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10125736?utm_medium=rss Do as you would be done by

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:09:06 UTC 10125736 Dr Thom van Dooren [Signature #297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10125364?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:27:05 UTC 10125364 Ms Louise Castro [Signature #296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10124993?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:49:23 UTC 10124993 DR Deborah Rose [Signature #295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10123967?utm_medium=rss The flying foxes in the botanic garden are a protected species, and it is quite unethical to harrass them. Moreover, the flying foxes contribute greatly to the conviviality of downtown Sydney. Urban wildlife conservation is increasingly urgent as more and more animals seek refuge in cities. The heritage trees can be netted, just as orchards can be netted.

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:15:10 UTC 10123967 Ms Abigail Brewer [Signature #294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10123568?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:33:19 UTC 10123568 Mr David Collins [Signature #293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10123566?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:33:01 UTC 10123566 Liz carlton [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10123175?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:51:15 UTC 10123175 mr charles gate [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10122746?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:00:11 UTC 10122746 Ms Lindsay Southcombe [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10122476?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:29:49 UTC 10122476 Patricia Tricker [Signature #289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10121612?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:52:24 UTC 10121612 Mark Dawes [Signature #288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10121479?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:34:22 UTC 10121479 Hans Huitema [Signature #287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10121196?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:02:55 UTC 10121196 Dr Leo Creedon [Signature #286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10120971?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:37:22 UTC 10120971 Anonymous [Signature #285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10120402?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:35:39 UTC 10120402 Ir HERMAN LIMPENS [Signature #284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10120346?utm_medium=rss Nature in general and specifically bats are too often in a backward position. This is a situation were the bats should come first!

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:28:47 UTC 10120346 ann lanigan [Signature #283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10120035?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:52:32 UTC 10120035 Dori Kiss [Signature #282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10119479?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:43:20 UTC 10119479 Ms Cailin Roe [Signature #281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10119453?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:39:19 UTC 10119453 Ms. Lorena Gordillo [Signature #280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10118630?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:55:43 UTC 10118630 Ms Meredith Flandreau [Signature #279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10118246?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:06:04 UTC 10118246 Ms Jan Booth [Signature #278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10117675?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:07:56 UTC 10117675 VM Campbell [Signature #277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10116307?utm_medium=rss PLEASE LET THESE WONDERFUL BATS KEEP THEIR HOME!!

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:44:18 UTC 10116307 Emma Hurst [Signature #276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10116143?utm_medium=rss Bats move around each night. If they are moved, many will die from stress etc and there is no garantee they will not return. The bats in the garden are a tourist hotspot and part of a Sydney icon. What a disgrace that they are beingtreated in this way.

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:20:41 UTC 10116143 Mr Risteard Tobin [Signature #275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10116031?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:04:32 UTC 10116031 Ms Kathleen Estes-Morgan [Signature #274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10115896?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:45:37 UTC 10115896 Dr Megan Davidson [Signature #273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10115604?utm_medium=rss The colony of bats in the gardens are a part of the Sydney experience. The gardens play an important role in providing habitat for this species listed as vulnerable to extinction.

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:09:12 UTC 10115604 Ian Kitchen [Signature #272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10115025?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:05:23 UTC 10115025 Mr Gottfried Aust [Signature #271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10114686?utm_medium=rss Oh - I remember the case in Melbourne some years ago! It was a desaster and the polished version appearing in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Ser. B stopped at the point, where the 'relocation' started. A barbaric treatment and on the long run of no use.

A civilazed society should not handle problems this way!!

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:35:04 UTC 10114686 bastian egeter [Signature #270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10113917?utm_medium=rss I saw these bats when I was there, they were extremely impressive and one of my favourite things about the city!

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:17:34 UTC 10113917 MS Lani Smith [Signature #269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10113851?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:10:10 UTC 10113851 Miss Eve Hickey [Signature #268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10113801?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:05:10 UTC 10113801 Merriam Luskin [Signature #267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10113777?utm_medium=rss They will probably return, unless you create decent habitat for them nearby. Are the non-native trees they are destroying as endangered as bats worldwide?

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:02:46 UTC 10113777 Mrs Fiona Anderson [Signature #266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10113655?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:50:25 UTC 10113655 Deb Welter [Signature #265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10113634?utm_medium=rss When will people learn to leave nature alone? Don't the officials realize what a service these bats provide to the human race as pollinators & seed dispersers? You cannot just evict an entire community of animals & expect them to find another suitable habitat that is more to the human's liking! LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:48:23 UTC 10113634 Mr Richard Flight [Signature #264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10113488?utm_medium=rss One of my finest memories of Sydney is stumbling accross the bats in their tree roost. I have now become a fully licenced bat ecologist in the UK, not least because of experiences like that!

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:32:39 UTC 10113488 Mr Sabina Weilbier [Signature #263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10112966?utm_medium=rss To me, "relocation" means actually placing the creatures into a suitable habitat. From what I have read, that is not what will be done. They will be simply driven out of their existing habitat into goodness knows where. That is not wildlife management. That is just plain lazy. Humans have spent a lot of time and effort on shrinking their world to our profit. Now we should spent a bit of money on finding a better solution.

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