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<P>This is beyond spooky – painted woolly bats are being
hunted so that consumers can <B>buy their corpses as
Halloween decorations. </B></P>
<P>Tell Amazon to ban this grotesque trinket trade
before the last of these stunning creatures
disappear:</P><A
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">Painted woolly bats are selfless
little forest guardians, helping to control pests and pollinate
flowers – but a sick Halloween trinkets trend is fueling demand for
their bodies.</SPAN></P>
<P>They’re being kidnapped from their forest homes across south and
south-east Asia, their dead bodies sold as frivolous Halloween
decorations on platforms like Amazon. Horrifyingly, the <B>demand
from the US is <I>the biggest threat</I> to the species’ survival!
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<P>We can turn this around.</P>
<P>Etsy and eBay have already banned the sale of bats – now we have
a chance to take this pressure to boiling point and demand Amazon
follow suit to stop this grotesque trinket trade.</P>
<P>But they’ll only act if they can feel the heat from tens of
thousands of us around the world.</P>
<P><B><A style="COLOR: #6400ff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/736761?t=2&akid=154681%2E23281291%2EIev_LO"
target=_blank>Tell Amazon to save painted woolly bats! </A></B></P>
<P>It’s totally macabre – Amazon were found to be <B>awash with
the bodies of these little bats, some sold as jewelry or stuffed in
jars. </B>HUNDREDS of listings were discovered by researchers over a
12-week period and the majority of vendors were in the US.</P>
<P>These stunning creatures known for their flaming orange and black
wings are at particular risk of dying out because they reproduce so
slowly, just one offspring at a time. But if we can build enough
pressure on Amazon to stop selling them, demand for these creatures
would take a massive hit and they could finally start to recover in
the wild.</P>
<P>At a time when species are disappearing at alarming speed, we
have to do everything we can to save the precious wildlife we have
left. <B>This is our best chance to save these bats</B> before it’s
too late – are you in?</P>
<P><B><A style="COLOR: #6400ff; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/736761?t=3&akid=154681%2E23281291%2EIev_LO"
target=_blank>Sign the petition to save painted woolly bats.
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<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>Miriam and the team at
Ekō</P><BR>
<P><I><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">More
information:</SPAN></I></P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/736760?t=15&akid=154681%2E23281291%2EIev_LO"
rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Scientists cherish win
against online ornamental trade in bats</A> Mongabay 20 March
2025</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/707607?t=16&akid=154681%2E23281291%2EIev_LO"
rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>New Study Highlights U.S.
Role in Driving Trade of Imperiled Painted Woolly
Bats </A>Center for Biological Diversity 16 July 2024</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/707608?t=17&akid=154681%2E23281291%2EIev_LO"
rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>‘Senseless’ U.S. trinket
trade threatens distinctive Asian bat, study
shows </A>Mongabay 30 August 2024</P></TD></TR>
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<DIV>From: <B dir=auto class=gmail_sendername>Save the Bats</B> <SPAN
dir=auto><<A
href="mailto:us@eko.org">us@eko.org</A>></SPAN><BR>Date: пт, 31 окт.
2025 г. в 16:03<BR>Subject: Hunted little bats<BR></DIV>
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