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Tell eBay To Stop Selling Slaughtered Bats!
Target: eBaySponsored by: Care2
Several companies are catching bats in the wild and killing them for sale as “art” in glass frames. One small bat, also known as the Short-nosed fruit bat, is a major target of this cruel practice. The fruit bat is an important pollinator and seed dispenser, and has a status of vulnerable.
Bats already face severe threats due to habitat loss. Killing additional bats for personal collections only leads to further decline of wild bat populations.
Fruit and nectar-eating bats are responsible for hundreds of economically important products including foods, drinks, medicines, timber, fibers, dyes and fuel. Wild varieties of many of the worldÂ’s most economically valuable crop plants, such as bananas, rely on bats for survival. Insect eating bat species are natural enemies of night-flying pests that damage crops, reducing the need for chemical pesticides.
Tell eBay to stop selling stuffed bat bodies unless eBay is sure 1) the bats are not imperiled in the wild, and 2) the bats were collected after they died naturally.
Bats already face severe threats due to habitat loss. Killing additional bats for personal collections only leads to further decline of wild bat populations.
Fruit and nectar-eating bats are responsible for hundreds of economically important products including foods, drinks, medicines, timber, fibers, dyes and fuel. Wild varieties of many of the worldÂ’s most economically valuable crop plants, such as bananas, rely on bats for survival. Insect eating bat species are natural enemies of night-flying pests that damage crops, reducing the need for chemical pesticides.
Tell eBay to stop selling stuffed bat bodies unless eBay is sure 1) the bats are not imperiled in the wild, and 2) the bats were collected after they died naturally.
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# 26,897:
10:53 am PDT, Apr 21,
Tammy Mackey, Canada
Lifeless stuffed little bodies for sale all for the profit of the almighty $$. Leave the bats alone. They already have a bad rap and are misunderstood. Shame on humans AGAIN!!!! No one is entitled to take the life of another no matter what species it is!!
Lifeless stuffed little bodies for sale all for the profit of the almighty $$. Leave the bats alone. They already have a bad rap and are misunderstood. Shame on humans AGAIN!!!! No one is entitled to take the life of another no matter what species it is!!
# 26,896:
3:39 pm PDT, Apr 20,
Becky Visco, Texas
# 26,895:
2:25 pm PDT, Apr 20,
Cynthia Parker, Virginia
what is wrong with you people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what is wrong with you people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 26,894:
2:31 pm PDT, Apr 19,
Tamara Fudge, Illinois
This is despicable!
This is despicable!
# 26,893:
4:11 am PDT, Apr 19,
Name not displayed, Australia
# 26,892:
1:35 am PDT, Apr 17,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
It's just wrong and you know it!
It's just wrong and you know it!
# 26,891:
9:47 pm PDT, Apr 16,
Brian Moseley, Missouri
I helped one that was sick get better. They are amazing creatures.
I helped one that was sick get better. They are amazing creatures.
# 26,890:
4:52 pm PDT, Apr 16,
Jack Webber, California
# 26,889:
11:54 am PDT, Apr 16,
Ndoki Hasaki, Canada
All beauty is lost once killed and pinned to a board. Leave them alone.
All beauty is lost once killed and pinned to a board. Leave them alone.
# 26,888:
4:09 am PDT, Apr 15,
Diana Lungu, Romania
# 26,887:
11:19 pm PDT, Apr 14,
Pauline Guest, California
# 26,886:
6:39 pm PDT, Apr 13,
Jessica Dimattia, North Carolina
# 26,885:
7:06 pm PDT, Apr 12,
Name not displayed, Michigan
We cannot afford this stupidity to continue. Bats are dying on their own for no reason that we are aware of, and now EBAY has sellers who are also profitting off of slaughtered bats! When will this stop? We NEED bats! One day there will be no bats left and we will only be stuck with swarms of disease spreading insects that the bats used to eat..but no longer do so because they are extinct as well...and then we will be next.
We cannot afford this stupidity to continue. Bats are dying on their own for no reason that we are aware of, and now EBAY has sellers who are also profitting off of slaughtered bats! When will this stop? We NEED bats! One day there will be no bats left and we will only be stuck with swarms of disease spreading insects that the bats used to eat..but no longer do so because they are extinct as well...and then we will be next.
# 26,884:
11:30 am PDT, Apr 10,
Beth Wood, Canada
Bats play a vital role in our environment. These bats did not die naturally, so they were killed and stuffed. I hope you ban the sale of bats and other creatures. Do the right thing Ebay.
Bats play a vital role in our environment. These bats did not die naturally, so they were killed and stuffed. I hope you ban the sale of bats and other creatures. Do the right thing Ebay.
# 26,883:
2:37 pm PDT, Apr 9,
Natalie Swaim, Iowa
# 26,882:
2:04 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
Profit at the expense of crulty & death is criminal
Profit at the expense of crulty & death is criminal
# 26,881:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 8,
Miranda DiStefano, New York
# 26,880:
6:46 am PDT, Apr 7,
Elissa Weindling, New York
# 26,879:
10:30 pm PDT, Apr 6,
Danielle Oudenhoven, Missouri
I am not against legal hunting and trapping of certain animals- bats are NOT one of them.
I am not against legal hunting and trapping of certain animals- bats are NOT one of them.
# 26,878:
10:47 am PDT, Apr 6,
Jessica Schroeder, South Dakota
Wow, who knew people could be so cruel
Wow, who knew people could be so cruel
# 26,877:
1:28 am PDT, Apr 6,
Brittney McDonald, Florida
this is so wrong! lets make some art of you and leave your children orphaned! sickos!
this is so wrong! lets make some art of you and leave your children orphaned! sickos!
# 26,876:
1:16 am PDT, Apr 6,
Can Atik, Turkey
# 26,875:
7:50 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Tracey Deschamps, Massachusetts
it needs to be stopped. We need to draw the line!
it needs to be stopped. We need to draw the line!
# 26,874:
3:15 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Name not displayed, California
I am an Ebay buyer and seller and feel the sale of any animals dead or alive should be prohibited.
I am an Ebay buyer and seller and feel the sale of any animals dead or alive should be prohibited.
# 26,873:
4:56 am PDT, Apr 3,
Jamaica O'Reilly, Australia
# 26,871:
12:50 pm PDT, Apr 2,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 26,870:
5:24 pm PDT, Apr 1,
Sharon Seeley, New Jersey
Would you rather use pesticides to kill bugs, or use an all natural service that these mammals provide us with every summer night??
Would you rather use pesticides to kill bugs, or use an all natural service that these mammals provide us with every summer night??
# 26,869:
1:48 pm PDT, Apr 1,
Madeleine St-pierre, Canada
i can stuff you and sell you instead. heh.
i can stuff you and sell you instead. heh.
# 26,868:
8:24 pm PDT, Mar 30,
Jenny Austin, Indiana
Just because there's a market for everything under the sun doesn't mean your company must pander to them all.
Just because there's a market for everything under the sun doesn't mean your company must pander to them all.
# 26,867:
8:01 am PDT, Mar 30,
Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
This is an outrage - pain for profit. eBay should strictly prohibit animal abuse and exploitation.
This is an outrage - pain for profit. eBay should strictly prohibit animal abuse and exploitation.
# 26,866:
7:36 pm PDT, Mar 29,
JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada
# 26,865:
9:41 am PDT, Mar 29,
Liliane Down, Canada
# 26,864:
6:40 am PDT, Mar 29,
Diane Treadwell, Massachusetts
What a shame that a company of your caliber would promote such cruelty - no living thing should be killed and then sold as ART.
What a shame that a company of your caliber would promote such cruelty - no living thing should be killed and then sold as ART.
# 26,863:
4:14 am PDT, Mar 29,
Amanda Hay, United Kingdom
# 26,862:
9:28 am PDT, Mar 28,
Judyta Dymkowska, Poland
# 26,861:
12:50 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Julie Colton, Massachusetts
# 26,860:
1:49 am PDT, Mar 26,
Sue Linley, United Kingdom
Despicable. In a day and age where so many species are at risk of extinction, to kill ANY animal for the selfish pleasure of human beings is just disgraceful. We truly are the most selfish, destructive and pure nasty species on this earth.
Despicable. In a day and age where so many species are at risk of extinction, to kill ANY animal for the selfish pleasure of human beings is just disgraceful. We truly are the most selfish, destructive and pure nasty species on this earth.
# 26,859:
5:00 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Molly Hall, Minnesota
# 26,858:
1:51 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Michele Williams, New York
# 26,857:
7:17 am PDT, Mar 25,
Louise Kinsley, United Kingdom
# 26,856:
8:09 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Krystal Kowalick, New Jersey
Poor little bats deserve to live!!!!
Poor little bats deserve to live!!!!
# 26,855:
10:09 am PDT, Mar 24,
David Buchan, United Kingdom
# 26,854:
6:36 am PDT, Mar 24,
Ceri Morgan, United Kingdom
# 26,853:
3:19 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
disgusting practice!
disgusting practice!
# 26,852:
2:15 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Jools King, United Kingdom
# 26,851:
11:51 am PDT, Mar 23,
Graham Meacham, United Kingdom