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Bat Week 2020: BAT WEEK GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Bats have had a tough time this year! Misplaced fears due to speculations and inaccurate assumptions about the pandemic have badly impacted these incredible creatures — they’re being wrongly blamed, with some people calling for their eradication or removal.

Now, more than ever, we need your support and help to counter the negativity by spreading the good word about how amazing bats truly are, and the important, essential roles they play in keeping ecosystems – and us! – healthy.

Spread the word and stand a chance to win official Project Pteropus merch such as a t-shirt, tote bag, pin, stickers and posters, by taking ALL of these three simple steps:

1. Follow @rimbaresearch on Facebook, Instagram, and/or Twitter
2. Share any one of our Bat Week 2020 (24-31 Oct) posts and tag 3 friends (you can encourage them to do the same!)
3. Include the hashtags #BatWeek #ProjectPteropus #Rimba

10 lucky winners will be picked at random after 31 October! And the more different posts you share, the more you increase your chances! However, due to the pandemic this giveaway is limited to Malaysian addresses only because overseas shipping is not currently available, so sorry! Do expect a delay in delivery, as we are currently experiencing a partial lockdown 😅😭😥

Pteropus vampyrus photos by Sanjitpaal Singh of Jitspics

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Project update 22: Project Pteropus in BATS Magazine

Project Pteropus has been featured as the cover story in the fall issue of Bat Conservation International‘s BATS Magazine! Featuring gorgeous flying fox photos contributed by talented wildlife photographer Sanjitpaal Singh, it tells the story of how Sheema started her fruit bat research and conservation initiative for Peninsular Malaysia, and also gives an overview of our current, ongoing work.

Click on the image below to get acquainted with the history of Project Pteropus, and to also catch up on what we’ve been busy with! Plus, stay tuned and follow our social media channels to find out how we’ll be honouring Bat Week, coming up soon!!

We are super grateful to Jon Flanders, Lynn Davies, and Kristen Pope for this coverage, and also to BCI for funding Phase 1 of Project Pteropus.

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Fruit Bat outreach materials by Project Pteropus

Bats are amazing beneficial animals that are highly misunderstood and threatened due to prejudice and ignorance. They don’t get enough love, and we need to help them now, more than ever! Project Pteropus has produced outreach materials for public education and awareness on Malaysian and Southeast Asian fruit bat conservation. These are available as soft copies for you to download and/or share online (click on the images) for non-profit educational purposes – all we ask is that you use them in their original forms that we have created, and please do not make any additions or alterations.

The posters, brochures, fact sheets and short documentary are more relevant to Malaysia (although they do feature two regionally common and widely distributed flying fox species), but the animated video ‘The Secret Life of Durian Trees’, the Green Humour infographics on bats as durian pollinators, and the children’s card game are widely applicable to all Southeast Asian countries, and can therefore be used across the region. More outreach materials (including more pteropodid species) are in the works, so watch this space!

If you would like to obtain hi-res copies of these files for mass printing and distribution, please contact Hana. If anyone would like to help provide the current legal and management information relevant to Sabah, please do get in touch and let us know!

Posters

Fact Sheets

Brochures (print and fold)

Comics/Infographics

Videos

Children’s Card Game

FAQ on bats and COVID-19 Continue reading →

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