There’s a bat housing crisis and the solutions are adorable

Sixty-five bats dropped dead inside a home custom-built to protect them. What went wrong? For bat moms looking for a place to raise their pups, it’s not the rent that’s through the roof, it’s the temperature. But bat people are busy building them safer homes: from tiny condos with emergency exits to mini bark roosts stuck to trees.

Guests:

• John Saremba, bat ambassador, Burke Mountain Naturalists Society Bat Program
• Leah Rensel, PhD candidate in wildlife biology, University of Montana
• Cori Lausen, director of bat conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
• Caroline Lafond, wildlife technician, Okanagan Nation Alliance

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Video: 

Bats have a housing crisis. And it's getting worse

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