Bats Plague Town

Work was underway on Tuesday to eradicate thousands of bats from the Australian town of Batemans Bay. Local government officials are labeling the situation as a “state of emergency,’ local media reported. There are more than 100-thousand bats that made their home in the coastal town, creating problems for local residents. The new South Wales state government says it will commit about 1.8 million dollars to help the local council disperse the bats, known as grey-headed flying foxes. The bats are officially considered vulnerable species and their dispersing must be non-lethal.