Bats provide enormous ecological benefits through insect control and pollination, yet face persecution, habitat loss, and roost disturbance that threatens populations globally.
Bats displaced from roosts during maternity season abandon or drop dependent pups who cannot yet fly. The resulting mass pup mortality represents significant welfare harm. Persecution of bats based on rabies fear is largely irrational — fewer than 1% of bats carry rabies, and non-contact exposure risk is extremely low. Bat deaths from wind turbines represent a solvable technological problem through curtailment algorithms.