The BC Community Bat Program (CBP) is seeking assistance from residents in the Okanagan and Similkameen following reports that bats are getting injured or crushed by roll up blinds and power awnings that provide shade to homes in the summer.
October 24 – 31 is Bat Week in BC, but it’s not for the spooky, atmospheric reasons people may think. In fact, the issues surrounding local species of bats are less spooky and more downright scary, which is why the BC Community Bat Project has set out to change the public’s impression of bats and hopefully save them in the process.
Mid-summer is the time when landowners typically notice more bat activity, may have bats flying into their house, and occasionally find a bat on the ground or roosting in unusual locations.
