In the Philippines’ Boracay, flying foxes are going, going, gone

Mongabay
Apr 27, 2020, 12:20 am218 pts
BORACAY ISLAND, Philippines — The bats that swarmed Boracay’s evening skies were once as iconic as the pristine white sand beaches that made this tiny island in the central Philippines one of the country’s hottest tourist destinations. A survey in 1989 counted 15,000 resident bats. But as tourism exploded…

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