Few days ago there was a sad news of some misinformed persons shooing and threatening away bats from trees. Our Nellai Nature Club felt there was a need to save the Bats species and we campaigned at three locations today,which was to launched by Corporations Commisioner Kannan. The very locations selected for the campaign – Kurukkuthurai , Mela vijayaragava Puram & Thirupadaumaruthur were mapped as they are rich habitats of this versatile creature.
Today’s sharing with the public created three impacts:
Education: Bats are a vital part of Nellai’s suite of wildlife as they play a crucial role as pollinators and insect-controllers.
Endangered: Not all bats are a threat and especially not the bats we were threatened away from the trees.
Corona Awareness: Our gifting of the bat printed masks, beyond educating the public on bats also ensured that every person wore a mask outdoors to protect themselves from the Corona dread.
At the end of the day, Our campaign to ‘Save the Bats’ was spread and No one who passed our NNC Team failed to arm against Corona.