http://gopetition.com/signatures/support-a-cairns-cbd-parkland-and-flying-fox-roosting-area.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 03:02 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18943120?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Jun 2015 08:46:31 UTC 18943120 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18911003?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 May 2015 03:20:08 UTC 18911003 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18906810?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 May 2015 01:34:54 UTC 18906810 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18906806?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 May 2015 01:32:08 UTC 18906806 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18904375?utm_medium=rss Sat, 23 May 2015 01:44:08 UTC 18904375 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18902312?utm_medium=rss Share care be aware

]]> Fri, 22 May 2015 05:31:53 UTC 18902312 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18899336?utm_medium=rss We had a botanical excursion in the surroundings of Cairns in September 2014 and it was so great to see the colony there in the trees, a highlight in the area in addition to the reefs. And we "high-tech" humans are not able to deal with some bat-droppings on the cars?

]]> Thu, 21 May 2015 07:17:05 UTC 18899336 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18894285?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 May 2015 03:09:32 UTC 18894285 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18894129?utm_medium=rss Flying Foxes in the cbd add's the to character and uniqueness and tourism appeal of the city. They are native animals and deserve to be able to live and roost in the sites and tree's they have used as homes probably for long time. They are important (integral) pollinators for many native plant species. Also the tree's they use themselves are of importance, don't remove them because it makes it easier / saves money for the developers. You are council your job is to represent and serve the residents of Cairns by acting in the majoritys best interests, protecting this community assett would be to do that. Not remove them for the benefit of a few who would profit. Etc

]]> Tue, 19 May 2015 11:52:07 UTC 18894129 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18891394?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 May 2015 04:47:16 UTC 18891394 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18888697?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 May 2015 12:18:53 UTC 18888697 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18861369?utm_medium=rss So important for our ecosystems and so important for us in the roles that they play.

]]> Fri, 8 May 2015 09:13:20 UTC 18861369 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18861095?utm_medium=rss Flying foxes are essential keystone species for forest survival and a wonderful tourist attraction. Cheers Ray

]]> Fri, 8 May 2015 05:46:32 UTC 18861095 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18859534?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 May 2015 01:33:36 UTC 18859534 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18859503?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 May 2015 12:52:54 UTC 18859503 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18856856?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 May 2015 05:08:22 UTC 18856856 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18856672?utm_medium=rss I visit Cairns at least twice a year and love the vibrancy of the figs at the library and across the road. Destroying habitat for profit is against all the eco-tourist credentials Cairns has strived to achieve.

]]> Thu, 7 May 2015 02:15:08 UTC 18856672 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18856550?utm_medium=rss Don't ruin Cairns CBD...it will become a ghost town if all its oldest trees and park like surrounds are removed.

]]> Thu, 7 May 2015 12:36:38 UTC 18856550 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18856340?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 10:35:39 UTC 18856340 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18855632?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 05:14:19 UTC 18855632 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18855597?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 04:56:59 UTC 18855597 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18855482?utm_medium=rss these trees are why tourists come here and a part of cairns history. Surely ther is a better way to move on the flying foxs

]]> Wed, 6 May 2015 04:10:11 UTC 18855482 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18855432?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 03:47:28 UTC 18855432 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18855406?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 03:39:36 UTC 18855406 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18854552?utm_medium=rss We have a responsibility, being in the privileged position of being able to look after wildlife, to indeed, do so. Anything else is morally indefensible and in any sense unjustifiable.

]]> Wed, 6 May 2015 11:05:24 UTC 18854552 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18854443?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 10:21:23 UTC 18854443 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18854223?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 08:58:26 UTC 18854223 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853994?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 07:21:46 UTC 18853994 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853917?utm_medium=rss The flying fox is an important part of the ecosystem. I am a Cairns local. I like flying foxes. They are an asset to our City. The Council is shortsighted and needs to look at how we can promote our love of flying foxes to attract visitors and grow the economy.

]]> Wed, 6 May 2015 06:37:14 UTC 18853917 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853867?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 06:07:35 UTC 18853867 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853860?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 06:02:52 UTC 18853860 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853856?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 05:58:56 UTC 18853856 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853851?utm_medium=rss These precious animals carry out vital pollination and seed dispersal in our wet tropics and are vital to our environment. It's a no brainer that we should assist them rather than attempt to disperse them. They have bred for generations in the Aplin/Lake Sts area - this is their home!!

]]> Wed, 6 May 2015 05:55:24 UTC 18853851 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853751?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 04:39:33 UTC 18853751 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853621?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 02:57:06 UTC 18853621 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853601?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 02:47:21 UTC 18853601 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853517?utm_medium=rss give people something to look at that is unique to here, and at the same time maintain the natural balance

]]> Wed, 6 May 2015 01:42:03 UTC 18853517 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853506?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 01:36:21 UTC 18853506 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853484?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 01:18:06 UTC 18853484 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853414?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 12:35:20 UTC 18853414 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853399?utm_medium=rss The spectacled flying fox is a key species for many of our Eco systems. The tourism industry is built around our natural unique Eco system. The trees that are being pruned are heritage (hundreds of years old). I see tourists taking photos of these bats everyday. Someone wants to build an aquarium in this spot, even though the great barrier reef is 30 minutes away.

]]> Wed, 6 May 2015 12:30:18 UTC 18853399 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853327?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 11:59:56 UTC 18853327 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853311?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 11:52:31 UTC 18853311 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853303?utm_medium=rss In my business, we use seeing the bats around the Cairns Library to enhance the experience of business tourism groups visiting Cairns.

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 11:48:42 UTC 18853303 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853277?utm_medium=rss protect the bats home

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 11:39:01 UTC 18853277 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18853243?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 11:27:14 UTC 18853243 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852792?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 09:07:56 UTC 18852792 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852701?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 08:45:53 UTC 18852701 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852683?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 08:39:39 UTC 18852683 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852624?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 08:21:48 UTC 18852624 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852530?utm_medium=rss Flying foxes are essential to our biodiversity in far North Queensland. Flying Foxes are one of the most awe inspiring things about Cairns in the evening. Cutting down these important trees will damage their roosting area and will have very sad consequences for these amazing creatures in the cbd. The flying foxes will provide important tourist dollars for our community and should not be treated as pests as they are a native animal.

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 07:42:42 UTC 18852530 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852490?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 07:23:29 UTC 18852490 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852435?utm_medium=rss Bats are more likely to become symptomatic to usually latent viruses in their bodies when they are stressed. They are also more likely to come into contact with humans and domestic animals when their roosting habitat is destroyed. Regardless of conservation status, destroying native Mega bat habitat imposes as serious health risk. Ebola outbreaks in west africa are ecologically rooted thus. These spectacled fruit bats don't carry Ebola but they do carry Hendra and probably other viruses of human health concern. The best way to prevent transmission of bat-borne viruses to humans is to look after the bats. Don't allow development on land with their roost trees, put warning signs up and maybe a hose next to the parking spaces there. Short sighted decisions have long term and often unknown effects.

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 06:59:54 UTC 18852435 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852348?utm_medium=rss Flying foxes deserve a home too. The argument they devalue land is outrages.Tourists love them and they are a main Cairns attraction. If Novotel does not like Flying foxes they may have to sell up and move elsewhere!

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 06:17:10 UTC 18852348 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852308?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 05:55:09 UTC 18852308 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852200?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 05:00:37 UTC 18852200 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852137?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 04:29:35 UTC 18852137 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852036?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 03:44:30 UTC 18852036 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18852018?utm_medium=rss Having seen the result of the first cuts, less than impressed and where will the bats go?

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 03:35:28 UTC 18852018 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18851927?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 02:58:59 UTC 18851927 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18851780?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 01:53:50 UTC 18851780 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18851527?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 12:16:59 UTC 18851527 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850949?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 08:51:05 UTC 18850949 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850845?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 08:22:40 UTC 18850845 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850800?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 08:14:14 UTC 18850800 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850778?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 08:07:59 UTC 18850778 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850683?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 07:34:47 UTC 18850683 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850638?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 07:14:50 UTC 18850638 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850633?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 07:12:54 UTC 18850633 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850622?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 07:09:58 UTC 18850622 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850620?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 07:09:37 UTC 18850620 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850595?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 07:01:56 UTC 18850595 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850589?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 06:59:07 UTC 18850589 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850553?utm_medium=rss please protect our natural assets. The bats live on in all tourist memories. This is why they visit us. This is why we live here. Nature. Protect it.

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 06:39:37 UTC 18850553 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850543?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 06:35:18 UTC 18850543 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850538?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 06:31:21 UTC 18850538 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850534?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 06:28:27 UTC 18850534 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850533?utm_medium=rss These are heritage trees that house spectacled flying foxes that are on a serious decline.

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 06:28:27 UTC 18850533 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850525?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 06:24:18 UTC 18850525 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850524?utm_medium=rss Who allowed the trees to be taken down Saturday night

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 06:24:15 UTC 18850524 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850516?utm_medium=rss After having lived in Australia for 26 years, now in Switzerland, I am appalled at the Council's actions. The Flying Fox grounds is to be protected, the millions of the Resort, private enterprise are not the concern of the Council! It is the resort to have to adapt to the natural environment that surrounds it not vice versa! What a disgrace!

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 06:21:44 UTC 18850516 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850511?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 06:19:25 UTC 18850511 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850506?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 06:18:36 UTC 18850506 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850492?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 06:13:01 UTC 18850492 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850443?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 05:56:45 UTC 18850443 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850425?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 05:49:41 UTC 18850425 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850404?utm_medium=rss Please leave our beautiful native wildlife alone. Local Cairns girl born and bred.

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 05:35:01 UTC 18850404 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850367?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 05:13:33 UTC 18850367 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850310?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 04:41:22 UTC 18850310 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850221?utm_medium=rss Eviction(flying foxes) with restriction( no alternative roosting/relocation) is an abuse of the duty of care implied with civilisation, obviously the system has failed and a new custodian of power/leadership is required.

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 03:40:52 UTC 18850221 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850202?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 03:22:43 UTC 18850202 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850194?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 03:20:34 UTC 18850194 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850184?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 03:12:47 UTC 18850184 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850176?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 03:10:01 UTC 18850176 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850157?utm_medium=rss This is the best idea for Cairns.... all those wanting to turn Cairns into a concrete jungle should go back to wherever they came from.

]]> Tue, 5 May 2015 02:56:27 UTC 18850157 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18850137?utm_medium=rss Hello. I am sure you get many emails so I will be short and sweet. Please make room for the bats to roost. They are needed for the environment. They come out at night when most are asleep aren't a bother. Remember also that it is us humans moving in on what is their home.

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