At least 50,000 fruit bats have been culled in Mauritius since they have been forced to survive on orchard fruits because of deforestation (iStock) Your support helps us to tell the story.

The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, much to the alarm of wildlife conservation organisations. Under pressure from both ...

According to Mauritius’s Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, yields of these fruits have actually decreased since the culls began. Yet bats continue to be blamed and targeted.

The government claims the cull is necessary because the fruit bat population has soared to 90,000 and is now causing significant economic damage to Mauritius’ fruit industry. However, research ...

Mauritius fruit bats play an important role in the ecosystem – they are important pollinators and help disperse seeds. Photo by Jacques de Speville. In fact, ...

Plans to cull the globally threatened Mauritius fruit bat because of alleged damage to commercial crops are being heavily criticised by the world’s leading conservation organisation. Only 50,000 ...

This technique consists of simmering fruits with sugar for a very long time so that they become glossy and moist. Mauritius: Marie-José Grimaud, a Passion for Fruit - allAfrica.com AllAfrica ...

Press Release - The Mauritius Fruit Bats have been protected, and from a population of 10 000, they have grown to almost 100 000 now. So as to protect our fruits, the island wide C (culling) Bat ...

The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, much to the alarm of wildlife conservation organisations. Under pressure from ...