Wildlife Aid blames Singleton bat deaths on lack of tree cover in Burdekin Park

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Updated February 16 2017 - 10:55am, first published February 15 2017 - 10:08pm
BAKED: Flying foxes lay dead on the ground in Singleton's Burdekin Park after last week's heatwave. Wildlife volunteers say the removal of trees in the park contributed to the heat stress. Picture: Wildlife Aid Inc
BAKED: Flying foxes lay dead on the ground in Singleton's Burdekin Park after last week's heatwave. Wildlife volunteers say the removal of trees in the park contributed to the heat stress. Picture: Wildlife Aid Inc

ANIMAL welfare organisation Wildlife Aid has blamed the deaths of up to 1000 flying foxes in Singleton in last week’s heatwave on the felling of trees in the town’s main park.

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Brodie Owen is a police reporter for the Newcastle Herald.

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