>From: "Mel Richardson/Dawn Garcia" <drmel at sprintmail.com>
>To: "Sheila Williamson" <sheila at halcyon.com>
>Subject: Fw: Audubon Sanctuary cruelty to bats
>Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 08:37:22 -0700
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>Thought you might want to post this on Tweeters. Being an Audubon
>sanctuary, this is pretty outrageous! Dawn
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: BATMAM at aol.com <BATMAM at aol.com>
>To: wildlife-rehab-discussion at envirolink.org
><wildlife-rehab-discussion at envirolink.org>
>Date: Monday, July 06, 1998 11:20 PM
>Subject: Re: Audubon Sanctuary cruelty to bats
>
>
>>Posted on BATLINE 7/6/98
>>
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>>>>>On July 1st, the administration at the MillGrove Audubon Wildlife &
>>Education Sanctuary in Audubon, Pennsylvania authorized its grounds crew
>>to use power washers and foam insulation on a maternity colony of
>>approximately 600 Little Brown Bats who resided in a barn on the grounds
>>of the facility.
>>
>>The force blew pups away from from their moms, caused wings to rip and
>>bones to break on many of the adults still nursing. The bats who
>>retreated into the barn's crevices were sealed in with foam insulation or
>>later became covered with the sticky substance when trying to reemerge.
>>
>>The fate of the injured bats and pups is shrouded in mystery, but one can
>>use their imagination accurately.
>>
>>The NEXT morning, MillGrove conducted an eductional program on bats and
>>on Wed. July 8th, they will hold "bat night" for families to come and
>>learn more about the benefits of bats and watch for them in the sky...
>>During prior years the audience gathered around this barn for this
>>unique learning experience.
>>
>>The administration had been threatening to remove the bats from the barn
>>for several years now and had received educational advice and literature
>>on the correct and humane way and times to exclude bats. Their
>>statement now to the media who got word of this atrocity, was
>>"miscommunication" among the staff.
>>
>>Please express your reaction to this slaughter to:
>>
>>Roger Mower, Administrator
>>MillGrove Audubon Widlife Sanctuary
>>PO 7125
>>Audubon, PA 19407
>>(610)666-5593<<<<<
>>
>>Please write or call and express your outrage over this senseless slaughter
>of
>>mother's and pups. And the AUDACITY to conduct bat programs for the
>>unsuspecting membership the very next day!
>>
>>Patricia Winters, Editor
>>Chiropteran Care
>>Batmam at aol.com
>>
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