Not all rescues have the happiest of outcomes; rescuing Dobby and Duke

Dobby and Duke don't have standard happy outcomes, but this doesn't mean their rescues are invalid or pointless, just that they needed to be done, not the least on an animal welfare basis. Dobby, a Grey-Headed Flying-Fox, was seen on the fence of a primary school on a weekend (so no children were present). Interestingly, he was called in by a MOP who called in a rescue a few years ago for a live baby on a dead mumbat on powerlines. The lovely guy put a huge cushion on the ground under the powerlines in case baby fell before he was brought down by the energy company workers; baby Pepsi was safely brought down by the energy worker line crew. Unfortunately Dobby also had a nasty compound fracture in his forearm which wasn't fixable, so he was euthanased. RIP Dobby (named on my magical beings theme of the moment). Duke was a juvenile male Grey-Headed Flying-Fox who was dead when I arrived; the home had a courtyard style backyard with a swimming pool, and a lot of non climbable surfaces. He also probably smacked into the pool fence glass when attempting to bellydip for a drink, and hit his head badly enough to die from a brain bleed over 24 hours. RIP Duke, from Duke Street. I don't actually take aboard these deaths as my issue; I don't angst over them and I don't fall apart; what happens before I arrive isn't something I can fix; I can educate, one person at a time, but I can't fix what happens before I arrive. In order to maintain a degree of sanity in my rescue life, I don't take aboard things which I can't change. But it still stinks to go on a rescue which needs euthanasia or where the batty is DOA. Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for our batties. Tolga is an awesome place in Far North Queensland, which has charity status. By sending donations to them, they get a percentage (and deserve every cent) and they can allocate money to me for batty expenses without it becoming part of my income stream (which makes tax time difficult). https://tolgabathospital.org/donate/ Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to me. If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for me. IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the AMOUNT DONATED and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt. The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie. Here’s Jenny’s email. [email protected]