Flying fox rescues on the rise across the Bega Valley

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Updated March 4 2019 - 5:06pm, first published 11:30am
A lucky day: Lucky the flying fox was found entangled in bird netting. After four weeks in care she is ready to be released. Picture: Rachel Mounsey
A lucky day: Lucky the flying fox was found entangled in bird netting. After four weeks in care she is ready to be released. Picture: Rachel Mounsey

It's early morning on Friday, March 1. A Wildlife Rescue South Coast carer (WRSC) has just arrived at Bega's Glebe Lagoon, she parks under the shade of the tall spotted gum and opens up the hatch of her car. Inside there is a sheet-shrouded cage. Hanging from the roof of the cage is Lucky, a small female flying fox. Her wings are wrapped neatly around her, her round eyes peer out. 

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Rachel Mounsey

Journalist/Photojournalist

Journalist at Eden Magnet

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