"... At Vanier Park, the team wears face masks and rubber gloves to avoid any chance of infecting the bats with COVID-19. ...Once captured, the delicate animals are measured, weighed and swabbed. They're also milked to confirm whether they're lactating females. ... "It's hard to predict exactly what will happen if we lose bat species. There's lots of other things going on in urban landscapes, the climate change, people changing the landscape, all of those sorts of things," said Mitchell.
"But I would also just be really sad if there weren't bats around.""
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Date: 2023-07-25 08:24 am (UTC)"... At Vanier Park, the team wears face masks and rubber gloves to avoid any chance of infecting the bats with COVID-19.
...Once captured, the delicate animals are measured, weighed and swabbed. They're also milked to confirm whether they're lactating females.
... "It's hard to predict exactly what will happen if we lose bat species. There's lots of other things going on in urban landscapes, the climate change, people changing the landscape, all of those sorts of things," said Mitchell.
"But I would also just be really sad if there weren't bats around.""