The trauma of flying foxes continues to brood from the main street of Gayndah to George St in Brisbane. In the last 10 months, the area is haunted by about 150,000 flying foxes. It has been reported that just like Gayndah, towns from Mount Isa to Moreton Bay are also becoming the victim of flying foxes.

The residents of the area are no doubt troubled with the screeching of the bats but their main fear is of being contracted with the heinous hendra virus. Recently, there was news about hendra virus taking its toll at Queensland, now there are worries that if nothing is done about the flying foxes then the virus could become uncontrollable.

It has been reported that the Queensland's bat species are protected under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and it is illegal to interfere with their colonies without approval. Therefore, in order to take an action against the breeding of the bats, the local governments or landholders must prove that the bats possess significant risk to public health or economic loss exists.

The methods used to control the population of the bats include smoke machines and lighting. However, efforts are required to be made towards providing security to people. Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale, “People are saying their kids can't sleep at night, the bats are defecating on their cars and property and making their lives hell”.