of pleasure, joy, wonder and relaxation in a busy city, and its demise would have a significantly distressing effect on many locals as well as tourists.
             Dominique Thiriet, Flying-fox rescue coordinator, who has spent many years working for Melbourne's Humane Society for Animal Welfare by observing this particular colony, says the bats established a home in the gardens in the early 1980's, and at that time were not considered a problem. However, since then numbers have steadily increased from a mere 500 to unsustainable levels of about 20,000. In summary
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