Tell eBay To Stop Selling Slaughtered Bats!

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/396498055?ltl=1162004240



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 world’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.

[Robeson]

1. Done.

[flvegan]

2. I so want to say, "You MUST be kidding me."

But I know better.

Done.

[LeftyMom]

3. Ever find yourself wondering who the hell buys something?

Stuffed bats, veal, fur... I find myself wondering that a lot. I'll get a letter out when I'm a bit more awake and coherent.