Communities, like peasants in Frankenstein movies, have carried torches into caves and burned out the bats. Many species have been exterminated and the rest are dwindling. The irony lies in our huge debt to these harmless creatures. They are voracious eaters of insects. Kill off a local bat, who eats 600 mosquitoes a night, and the mosquitoes flourish.
Bats repopulate certain forests by spreading seeds and pollinating plants.
Guam's rain forests are under assault because Guamanians have hunted their fox bats for food until they're nearly extinct. So read the record. Read about the balance of nature. Read about vampire bats who adopt orphaned baby bats, mate for life, and help out their friends. Read about cooperative coexistence.