Hello. Does anyone have the current e-mail address for Trish Evans in New Zealand? Thank you. Barbara Barbara French Conservation Biologist and Science...
Bat World Sanctuary has an online photographic tour up now on their website. Check out how things have changed, including bigger/better cages and more...
I'm compiling a file on banding/microchip/transponder injuries. If anyone has any data, particularly pictures, and are willing to share please contact me at...
Is this for real??? _____ Subject: [FEL-L] Cougar cub euthanized in Oregon Rescued kitten victim of Oregon's Cougar Management Plan End Date: 12/31/2006 A...
Does anyone know of any open to the public (or by special request) rehab sites in New Zealand? I have friends visiting there this week. Thanks, janet dunlap...
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Hey all-does anyone have records on bats self mutilating wings because of injuries? I've had 3 myotis do so and a BB try to take a damaged foot off, and I'm...
We have seen this behavior over the years whenever the blood supply to a wing (or foot, or whatever) is compromised. The bat seems to be trying to rid itself...
Here's a link to the video. This is such a sad story.... I don't know what the vet found, but it certainly doesn't appear to be beyond hope in the video -...
That is my experience with British species too, especially with myotis bats. Gail BATMAM@... wrote: We have seen this behavior over the years whenever the...
Michael J. Lacki's Bats in Forests: Conservation and Management will be released on January 26, 2007. You can pre-order your copy at amazon.com. Bats in...
Interesting-the most memorable one I had was when a bat came in unable to use a wing but no visible injury. We radiographed, and later that night the bat...
There is a long-nosed or long-tongued bat in need of assistance in Tucson, Arizona. I gave him Mary Anna Babcocks phone number. Thanks for talking to him,...
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Jan 7, 2007 6:15 pm
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Yes, for real. Oregon even allows people to hunt cougars. I think we are the only state that does. We have a local/resident cougar and one of our neighbors...
Pallid bats, like various myotis and a host of others are all listed as protected, but rehab of same is not prohibited in Oregon. janet Ashland, OR [Non-text...
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Jan 8, 2007 12:04 am
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Release of rehab cougars has been prohibited in Oregon for approximately 10 years. Last month Wildlife Images out of Grants Pass got into trouble with odfw for...
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I got a paper some time back saying I couldn't have 'em. It may be old info though. Also ODFW has lost my state test and any proof of same AND the reports...
We don't see it in the wild, but self-mutiliation like this would always be fatal to a bat in the wild, so not surprised we don't see it. They would die before...
Yes, I also think its a response to pain and also if they do not feel the body part anymore because of injuries of nerves. You see this in birds too. If a wing...
Lisa Schlenker has spoken with the guy from Craig's List, and she's going to pick up the bat. I'm VERY relieved. Thanks, Lisa! Carol "The aim of life is...
A number of people responded to the guy's post about adopting out the bat. He had no idea that it was a violation of state and federal law to sell wildlife. ...
The only contact information I have is the email address below. I sent the person a list of bat rehabilitators, but now s/he has made this post. Carol chicago...
Same thing here in Indiana... we aren't allowed to rehab state endangered bats. We have to put them back where they were found and let them die. Laura Hohman ...
I wonder if bat workers in Oregon or other states with absurd restrictions on helping threatened bats take in a lot of really large, blonde myotis. ;-) ...
Janet - I am copying your email and my reply to WBL so listeros don't get the wrong impression from my misinformation. Shame on me, I hate when people do that....
Someone may have scattered poison pellets. There have been several incidents of mass bird poisonings in agricultural fields. Cynthia Myers San Diego CA ...
New Sucker-Footed Bat Discovered in Madagascar 1:46 PM . January 8, 2007-This newly discovered bat is an exemplar of stick-to-it-iveness-in more ways than one....
Can someone in Florida write to Erica Davis [starbreezetarot@...]about several bats she's found flying around in her home in the past two weeks? She's in...