Native Animals

Residents of Cairns Regional Council live in an environment bordered by two World Heritage areas - the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef.

Encounters with native wildlife within our local environment are a part of our everyday life.

Flying foxes

Flying foxes are one of the native animals with which local residents have regular interactions.

The documents below include a flying fox fact sheet plus information on how other councils and areas are managing flying foxes.