National Bat Monitoring Programme Annual Report 2018
9th May 2019
Cumbria prosecution for destruction of a bat roost
7th May 2019
Development company fined £18,000 for destroying a bat roost
8th April 2019
A development company has been fined more than £18,000 for illegally destroying a building where protected Pipistrelle bats were known to roost.
Thames Valley Police bat crime conviction
13th February 2019
First case of bat crime investigated by Thames Valley Police has been prosecuted
BCT’s response to Biodiversity Net Gain Consultation
31st January 2019
Bat Conservation Trust’s has submitted its response to the Defra consultation on Biodiversity Net Gain
BCT supports calls for an end to culls of the Mauritius Fruit Bat
18th January 2019
Bat Conservation Trust, along with other bat conservation organisations, would like the government of Mauritius to reconsider its decision to cull 13,000 endangered Mauritius fruit bats. Previous culls, in 2015 and 2016, have already caused significant damage to this vulnerable population of endemic fruit bat.
