U.S.’ hunger for Halloween trinkets is killing Vietnam’s painted woolly bats
via news.mongabay.com
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With hues of orange and black on its wings and a furry, fluffy face, the painted woolly bat is a stunner. But its beauty has become a deadly liability. People want to hang the bats — dead and stuffed — on their walls, display them as collectibles and even set them in jewelry. In recent […]