2024 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 43
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Provided transporta}on assistance for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife aver a bat was accidentally packed in camping gear in California and then driven
to Washington State.
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Created a posi}on statement on keeping non-releasable na}ve bats in cap}vity for
state agencies requiring euthanasia of any bat that cannot be released back to the
wild.
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We gathered over 100 signatures from bat care ins}tu}ons in support of the Glue
Trap Prohibi}on Act. We are in hopes that the U.S. will join Scotland, England and
Wales in banning these horrendous traps. Glue traps not only trap rodents, but also
target birds, toads, and all forms of small wildlife, including bats, to a slow and inhumane death. 1
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Provided bat huts at cost to animal control o昀케cers in Kansas City, and reviewed and
endorsed protocol for humane bat handling and quaran}ne created by the KC Pet
Project. 0
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Prevented large bat maternity colonies from being killed in St. Louis, MO; Beaumont, TX; Atlanta, GA; Nashville, TN; and San Antonio, TX. 0
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Donated educa}onal material to libraries and schools across the United States.
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Met with bat removal companies to educate about humane exclusion methods, bat
behavior, and US na}ve bat species.
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Par}cipated in the very 昀椀rst North Texas
