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name Scott

age 16

 

Question - I am interested in raising bats. Where do I start?

 

I strongly suggest you do something else. I worked with bats as a graduate

student and it is absolutely dangerous for inexperienced students. They

carry rabies, so preventative shots is a requirement. They are not or will

ever be friendly. Their guano carries diseases and that alone should be a

enough to convince you otherwise. Furthermore, you have to have a Federal

permit and in most States a second permit to keep them. Unless you have a

sponsor, it is unlikely that will happen.

 

What you could do is build bat friendly housing around your house, and I

suggest you seek out that information at a library. Bats are great for

keeping flying insects populations under control.

Steve Sample

York Community High School

Elmhurst, Illinois

ssample@elmhurst.k12.il.us

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Try Bat Conservation International at:

http://www.batcon.org/

J. Elliott

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