Hollywood has contributed to the negative perception of bats, including the animal’s association with Halloween even though most bats are asleep by then. While “the public perception of bats has started to change,” there’s ways to go.
“This time of year they’re injured in their first flight or fall out of the nest or have unfortunate contact with cats,” said Jenny Dickson, director of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s wildlife division. “Like young everything else, they make mistakes.”
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LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host the program, Iceland Through My Heart with Gerri Griswold, at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 2, meeting in the A.B. Ceder Room