The bat-nights in Austria, organised by the Austrian Co-ordination Centre for Bat Conservation and Research, have been very successful both in terms of the number of people attending and by the interest and feed-back received.
The bat-nights were held in four different counties. The visitors learned a lot about bats and their secret life, talks, live bats, and films were presented. Special children’s programmes including games and handicraft were highly appreciated by the young guests.
The event aimed at providing facts about the life of bats, at highlighting the reasons why many Austrian bat species are endangered and at presenting possible conservation strategies. Because of the great success we are looking forward to organising more bat-nights in 2004, providing even more opportunities for people to attend.

For further information about Bat Conservation in Austria please contact:

Dr. Guido Reiter
Austrian Co-ordination Centre for Bat Conservation and Research
Muehlbachstr. 10
A-4073 Wilhering/Austria
tel./fax.: 0043 (0) 7226 20633
email: info@fledermausschutz.at
visit: www.fledermausschutz.at

Participants of the bat night in Wolfsberg, Carinthia (Photo: K. Krainer)

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