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Organization for Bat Conservation
Description
The Organization for Bat Conservation is a non-profit organization. Our mission is to preserve bats and their habitats through education, collaboration, and research. We also work with local health departments and government agencies to aid in public health issues associated with bats, and we have trained field biologists to research endangered bats.
The Organization for Bat Conservation presents thousands of educational programs every year on the benefits, misunderstandings, and uniqueness of bats. These programs have been given to schools, nature centers, stores, zoos, parks, museums, and other interested groups and clubs. Programs are interactive adventures into the fascinating world of bats.
Programs consist of a slide presentation that examines such topics as hibernation, echolocation, ecology, behavior, migration, conservation, science education, and public health issues. This then leads into a discussion of how to protect bats, things people of all ages can do to conserve them, and tactics to attract them to your property or yard. Live bats are one of the highlights in each program. All the bats OBC uses in presentations are either non-releasable, permanently injured, or captive-bred bats donated from zoos to use for educational purposes.
