Most inquirers receive a free visit and expert advice. The law does not force people to live with unwanted bats. The consultation requirement benefits both people and bats. The new law is necessitated by bat vulnerability and rapid decline. Probable causes included bad weather at critical times and remedial timber treatments us ing highly toxic chemicals in buildings.
Bats appear to be declining rapidly in many industrialized countries.
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