Swiss nature lovers urge care for falling baby bats
Date: 11-Jun-02
Country: SWITZERLAND
They warned that the mortality rate among the baby pipistrelle bats - about the size of a bee - could rise following a wet and rainy spell.
Bad weather reduces the insects available for food which makes the mother bats lethargic. The babies topple out of their nests when they go to search for their mothers.
The Swiss Bat Conservation Foundation advised people finding the tiny creatures to put them back in the nests or leave them on a "platform" so their parents can pick them up. It also has a 24-hour bat emergency number.
