tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post9033609005563362992..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: The Killing FieldsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-15737592657720001222012-09-04T15:08:47.326-04:002012-09-04T15:08:47.326-04:00How familiar that sounds, down to how my neighborh...How familiar that sounds, down to how my neighborhood association gets excited every summer when the young leave home; it floods our listserv with questions and advice about bats and bat control. I keep a fish net handy to catch them with and I release them outside. Besides sleeping by door and window frames (and of course flying around the house as darkness falls) I've found them treading water in the toilet, tangled up in dental floss in the waste basket, and trapped in ceiling light globes. I rescued one from a wastebasket once only to have a crow knock it out of the sky and eat it as soon as I set it free. Big Brown Bats, Little Brown Bats, Indiana Bats, I've had them all. They're kind of cute, actually.Carol Steinhart, Madison, WInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-43742231584131476422012-09-02T18:07:23.961-04:002012-09-02T18:07:23.961-04:00Better bats than rats. Good post, Bob.Better bats than rats. Good post, Bob.Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-18609308940765446802012-09-02T15:13:14.972-04:002012-09-02T15:13:14.972-04:00My bat-loving husband put up a bat house once in G...My bat-loving husband put up a bat house once in Garrison, but failed ever to attract any. Maybe you and your neighbors need to provide alternative housing for them and then they'll stay out of your attics. Anything that eats mosquitoes is MY FRIEND!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-20173823695494470982012-09-02T11:03:42.834-04:002012-09-02T11:03:42.834-04:00I think it's sad that people are so eager to k...I think it's sad that people are so eager to kill bats rather than find a way to get them out of the house or confine them to one room. Maybe maybe if everyone was made aware of those statistics -- 1,000 mosquitoes a night -- then reminded that among other things, mosquitoes carry West Nile virus. There have been 66 deaths from the virus and 1560 cases. There are also worse diseases that are mosquito-borne and if we keep having warmer and longer summers they may come north. Dengue fever, malaria -- around 650,00 world wide from that -- Rift Valley Fever, Yellow Fever and several types of encephalitis.<br /><br />Instead of killing them because they're in your house put up a bat house. People used to put up houses for purple martins, but their population has crashed. We do not want the same thing to happen to bats.Pat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824114343214016153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-56699548330004293782012-09-02T08:32:47.498-04:002012-09-02T08:32:47.498-04:00I enjoyed this so much I just sent a memo on it to...I enjoyed this so much I just sent a memo on it to the Dorothy L list ! Read my comment there for Sept. 2. tjsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com