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| Orphan bats get flight training | Orphan bats get flight training |
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| Construction work is under way at a wildlife park in Kent to provide a rehabilitation centre for orphaned and injured bats. | Construction work is under way at a wildlife park in Kent to provide a rehabilitation centre for orphaned and injured bats. |
| The Kent Bat Group has been given £5,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to build a flight cage in an area of woodland at Wildwood, near Canterbury. | The Kent Bat Group has been given £5,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to build a flight cage in an area of woodland at Wildwood, near Canterbury. |
| The aim is to help return the bats to the wild after they have learned to fly and catch their own insects. | The aim is to help return the bats to the wild after they have learned to fly and catch their own insects. |
| Kent Bat Group volunteers rescued more than 80 bats last year. | Kent Bat Group volunteers rescued more than 80 bats last year. |
| All 17 species of bats in Britain are protected by law and six are listed as priority species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. | All 17 species of bats in Britain are protected by law and six are listed as priority species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. |
| "The RSPCA recently carried out research which showed that hand-reared bats were very unlikely to survive if released into the wild," said Wildwood conservation officer Hazel Ryan. | "The RSPCA recently carried out research which showed that hand-reared bats were very unlikely to survive if released into the wild," said Wildwood conservation officer Hazel Ryan. |
| "It will have a pond and compost heaps, which will attract insects which the bats can then catch themselves." | "It will have a pond and compost heaps, which will attract insects which the bats can then catch themselves." |
| Conservation Officer Hazel Ryan explains how she hand-rears bats at home. | Conservation Officer Hazel Ryan explains how she hand-rears bats at home. |