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This is a voluntary conservation organisation working in the Comoros Islands (Comores), which are situated in the Western Indian Ocean between Madagascar and mainland Africa.

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Their primary objective is to help alleviate the environmental problems of the Comores through scientific research, direct conservation and environmental education. Action Comores has visited the Comores every year since 1992.

The flagship species of our project is Livingstone's flying fox (Pteropus livingstonii). Livingstone's flying fox is one of the rarest fruit bats in the world and is endemic to the Comores. Current population estimates suggest there are only around 400 individuals of this species left in the wild.

A CSIRO information sheet - in June 1996, a new virus was discovered in Australian bats. The virus was identified as a member of the lyssavirus group, and a close relative to common rabies found overseas.

Yet more information on the flying foxes in Australia. Listen to flying fox calls and take a look at the X-ray of a Grey-headed Flying Fox (shown left).

the Australian Museum has a guide to the 90 or so bat species in Australia. It features a clickable map and some lovely colour pictures of most species found there including details on roosts, diet and conservation.

The intention of this call library is to create a central source of reference calls of south-eastern Australian bats for researchers and wildlife managers. It is hoped that other bat researchers will contribute to this library with their own recordings. The library contains bat calls, recorded while releasing the animals in the dark, using ANABAT detectors.

The Australian Tropical Research Foundation located at Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia. Part of its work includes a campaign to protect flying foxes from fruit farmers. They welcome donations and there is even a membership category for "Screaming Enthusiasts".

A special website designed for children with the hope that they will "respect and help protect these endangered species".

This exhibit is based on a reconstruction of parts of St. Clair cave in Jamaica where you will find Jamaican Fruit Bats, Cuban Funnel-eared bats, West Indian Long-tongued bats, Macleay's Moustached bats, Parnell's Mousteached bats, Sooty Moustaced bats and West Indian Leaf-chinned bats. The staff of the Royal Ontario Museum first visited St. Clair cave in 1965 to collect bats. The field trip marked the beginning of the museum's research program on bats, still a major focus of the Mammalogy department.

The Arbeitskreis Umweltschutz Bochum e.V. (AkU) is a local organization concerned with general environmental politics and the protection of endangered animal species in the north-western German city of Bochum especially bats and amphibians.

Send Free animal related postcards from the Kritter Cards site, with a selection of over 100 animal categories, including bats!

Some of the pages at the University of Bristol, UK. They conduct research on the reproductive and foraging ecology of bats, the functional ecology of echolocation, bat conservation, interactions between bats and tympanate moths, and modelling echolocation using artificial neural networks. Don't be put off by the jargon - you can download the calls of all British bats - great fun! While you're there don't miss the Biosonar -seeing with sound demonstration.

This non-profit facility provides lifetime sanctuary for non-releasable bats, in simulated natural habitat flight cages. To date, over 75 bats, representing 12 species from around the world, have found refuge at Bat World. These include orphan bat pups, bats that have been confiscated from the illegal pet trade, bats used in laboratory research and bats that have suffered permanent injuries. The sanctuary also includes a rehabilitation station, which provides rescue, rehabilitation and release for hundreds of wild bats every year.

This is a site built by North American teachers for teachers and students. It includes such things as a bat quiz, book lists and general introductory materials.

If you want to brush up on your French and learn about bats in the Wallonne region then try out this link. They have about 18 species of bat and some interesting pages on how to make your buildings more bat-friendly.

This is a website by Mark Walker who also maintains the World Deer website. There is an interesting page about the conversion of nuclear bunkers into bat roosts in Prenden (about 20km from Berlin).

Cam Valley Wildlife Group is the local wildlife group covering Midsomer Norton, Radstock and surrounding villages, just to the south of Bath.

If you can make it to Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, USA you may catch a few bats on the wing - each evening in the summer and autumn, about 500,000 Mexican Free-tailed bats fly from the cavern entrance to feed on insects. Bat flight talks are presented at the amphitheatre near the cave entrance beforehand.

Compliments of Brasilia University, Brazil, this is the web based version of Chiroptera Neotropical, a newsletter of the World Conservation Union and the Chiroptera Specialist Group. It is available for download in pdf format (Acrobat Reader).

The Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe, which came into force in 1994, at present numbers twenty-one European states among its Parties, from North, South, East and West.

The Agreement was set up under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, which recognises that endangered migratory-species can be properly protected only if activities are carried out over the entire migratory range of the species.

The Bat Agreement aims to protect all 37 species of bats identified in Europe, through legislation, education, conservation measures and international co-operation with Agreement members and with those who have not yet joined.

Friends of the Far North Flying Foxes was established to look after the interests of the indigenous flying foxes of North Queensland, Australia. They rescue and rehabilitate sick, injured and orphaned flying foxes.

About a thousand years ago, Jaguar Paw was renowned as a great leader of Maya Indians. Today the name is gaining fame again, this time as a jungle resort. Situated on a rain forest wildlife sanctuary in Belize, Central America, 215 acres of jungle reserve, skirted by the Caves Branch River and honeycombed by miles of underground caves.

Livefoods Direct supply livefoods such as the favourite bat snacks, mealworms and waxworms.

Robin Wingrave hopes to change people's perception of bats "through presenting the fruit bat as an artistically unique subject. They have eyes a seal pup would be jealous of, faces so individual you'd recognise the one you fostered in a camp of a hundred others, and to top it all off, they're intelligent and thoroughly charming."

Take a virtual trip around the garden, through different countries, its monthly photo galleries & artwork, explore and discover the plants, birds and wildlife, water features and wind-chimes, as we endeavour to describe the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touch of the various areas.

Designed to stimulate the senses and provide a haven of peace, a place to chill-out and unwind from the stress of modern living. A garden designed specifically to be 'Positive About Disabled People' and raise funds for people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr Charles Handley Jr started out as an ornithologist. In his career he has worked with whales and porpoises, marsupials, and insectivores, but it soon became apparent to him that as little known as most mammals are, the least known, or among the least known mammals are bats.

A site for anyone interested in the wildlife and countryside of Britain. Features facts, photos, and a free newsletter. It has links for many different species including, of course, bats.

Wild About Britain is an education charity that promotes all aspects of wildlife, the environment and conservation throughout the British Isles. The website includes an online gallery, newspaper, forums and events calendar, together with a comprehensive directory of clubs and societies across the UK.

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