He aims to prevent in Texas what happened in New Mexico, where, according to the North American Bat Conservation Partnership, the famed bats of Carlsbad Caverns have declined from over eight million in 1936 to approximately 218,000 in the 1970s. Granted, not everyone will be anxious to see bats protected. Last month, several school kids in the Houston area had to get rabies vaccinations after a bat colony was discovered in their elementary school. In Abilene, an unfortunate side effect of the annual arrival of the city's popular bat colony is the large amount of bat guano generated by the visitors. Still, humans reap benefits from bats.
Bats also assist the birds and bees as a pollination agent.
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