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 ...

FLYING foxes are getting snagged in alarming numbers on fruit tree netting on the northern beaches, according to the Wildlife Information, Rescue and Information Service (WIRES). Robyn Hargrave at ...

Mr Meddick and volunteers will distribute flyers into mailboxes in Geelong and other areas of Western Victoria over the rest of summer about the urgency to help fruit-eating native wildlife. With ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big W sent Melbourne-based wildlife rescuer Lawrence Pope a package containing fruit tree netting that's illegal across Victoria.

ORONDO, Wash. — Seemingly endless rolls of white cloth netting stretch over acres and acres of young Gala apple trees in an orchard along Highway 97 about 16 miles north of Orondo. It’s a new sight ...

Q: I live in a rural area that is surrounded by large oak trees. They attract a variety of squirrels and other wildlife. Other than fencing off every tree, is there any way of protecting fruit trees ...

VICTORIANS are being urged to rethink what’s in their gardens, as a simple test for fruit tree netting could save flying foxes and their pups. Bat pups Monty and Edwina were rescued by Friends of Bats ...