{"id":55860,"date":"2020-05-04T14:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=55860"},"modified":"2021-12-16T19:27:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:27:41","slug":"bats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/bats","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t put the blame on bats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In a post pandemic world, people are looking at bats with suspicion. There is currently no consensus that the virus which causes COVID-19 passed directly from bats to humans. So why are bats getting all the blame and why should people give them a chance?&nbsp; <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/todd-cravens-IY1sRDxNWN4-unsplash-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Bats have negative associations in many cultures, despite being helpful to us.  Photo by Todd Cravens on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 is a new disease thought to be zoonotic in origin, meaning the virus first developed in an animal and has now crossed over to humans in what is termed a spillover event.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current scientific opinion is that the virus most likely originated in horseshoe bats. However pangolins, the world&#8217;s most trafficked animal, have been named as a possible intermediary species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this context, there are two possibilities. Either the virus started in bats then moved directly to humans or it moved from bats to pangolins, and then finally on to humans.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But bats are getting&nbsp;all of&nbsp;the blame. Some members of the public are now bordering on hysteria when it comes to bats, with reports of bats being killed by the hundreds cropping up.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That isn\u2019t to say pangolins should be blamed either. It is senseless to place blame for a naturally occurring disease on any wild animal and bats should not be scapegoated or&nbsp;demonised according to the Bat Conservation Trust.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the contrary Holy Father, the darkness brings to the bat precisely that which it DOES want to face, not what it doesn\u2019t. Bats are not under the cover of night committing crimes for which it should be ashamed, but providing invaluable services to our ecosystems and communities.<\/p>&mdash; Give Bats A Break (@GiveBatsABreak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiveBatsABreak\/status\/1252927617646419968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Kate Jones, a Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at University College London said: \u201cthe underlying causes of disease spillover from wildlife is really rooted in our destruction of habitats and overexploitation of world species and of places.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of human development, there are now&nbsp;less&nbsp;natural spaces for wildlife such as bats to be in which&nbsp;inevitably&nbsp;leads to more contact with humans. Bats might roost or forage&nbsp;in close proximity to&nbsp;human dwellings.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/clement-falize-NljTy5Y15JM-unsplash-3n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/clement-falize-NljTy5Y15JM-unsplash-3n.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/clement-falize-NljTy5Y15JM-unsplash-3n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/clement-falize-NljTy5Y15JM-unsplash-3n-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/clement-falize-NljTy5Y15JM-unsplash-3n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/clement-falize-NljTy5Y15JM-unsplash-3n.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/clement-falize-NljTy5Y15JM-unsplash-3n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/clement-falize-NljTy5Y15JM-unsplash-3n-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Bats come into contact with humans as the natural habitats have been destroyed. Photo by Cl\u00e9ment Falize on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;Professor Jones, who has herself contracted a zoonotic disease from a bat, zoonotic diseases in general are not more likely to originate in bats than any other animal.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The claim that bats carry more zoonotic diseases than other mammals comes from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nature22975\">Nature study<\/a> which is often taken out of context.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bats are not special when it comes to passing on disease, but they are in terms of the ecosystem services they provide such as polinating commercial crops like mango, date, banana, and agave which is used to make tequila. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bats also promote biodiversity. 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