Environment

KatterBatty Katter not mad about flying foxes

Sara Phillips |

Bob Katter is mad, right? Crazy guy in a big hat raving on about random things. On the 7.30 Report on Sunday night he was in full flight: "We've got a terrible problem with the deadly flying foxes. They're going to kill many more people than Taipan snakes do in Australia. But ... these are issues that there's just a different paradigm needed."

"Case studies have shown that hendra virus is most prevalent when flying-foxes are under stress, usually from habitat destruction." - Grant

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Locust plague threatens nation's grains industry

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