Q: What sort of netting can I use on a cherry tree that will prevent birds from eating the cherries, and also doesn't snag birds? Also, will ground squirrels chew up the netting? A: Your concerns ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Animal rescuers have urged the public to stop using wide-holed nets on fruit trees because they are killing and maiming native bats.

Bats are becoming unwitting victims of backyards as fruit tree netting ensnares and injures an increasing number of the species. Wahroonga Sydney Wildlife volunteer Sarah Curran has been busy rescuing ...

HUNDREDS of flying foxes, bats and birds are perishing in the southeast every year because growers are using the wrong fruit tree netting. Black Rock rescuer Bev Brown said she got calls every day to ...

Hundreds of grey-headed flying foxes are being caught and killed in unsecured fruit tree netting - conservationists are pleading for change. Wildlife ARC carer Kelly Hunt said the organisation has ...

Backyard gardeners could face fines of almost $2,500 if they are not careful when covering their fruit trees with nets. In an Australian-first, the Victorian Government wants to legislate the colour ...

Victorian household fruit growers will need to update netting or face penalties over $3,000 under new laws Wildlife Victoria want commercial growers to abide by the same requirements The Wildlife Act ...

You’ve planted and pruned, watered and watched it grow. And now, at last, tree fruit is ripening on the branch. Then the birds descend. They perch and peck, pillage and plunder. And just like that, a ...