a conservation guide - Toronto Zoo

Bats a conservation guide ats are perhaps the most misunderstood animals on Earth yet they play vital roles in many of the planet's ecosystems. The goal of the Toronto Zoo's Bat conservation Programme is to educate people about the importance of bats and to eliminate the misconceptions that contribute to negative human views and actions towards these animals. We also hope that this booklet will encourage people to accept the bats living in or near their homes. Although it is preferable to leave bats to their traditional roosts, we can offer bats alternative housing by installing a bat box. Bat boxes are not meant to encourage the eviction of bats from existing locations, but offer temporary housing when available roosting sites are few or after they have been evicted from their present location.

6 Bat Attitudes – Common Misconceptions Bats are not Mice! As a matter of fact, bats are more closely related to humans than to rodents. Bats are

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