Toronto’s Bats
Toronto is home to numerous bat species. But the more commonly spotted bats in the region are the big brown bat and the little brown bat. In recent times, the region’s bats have fallen victim to an epidemic of the vicious white-nose syndrome, a disease that has been killing bats by the droves. As David Sugarman of the Ontario Science Center the disease has ‘devastated millions of bats’. Bats are a part of life in Whitby. In fact, the world famous spooky guesthouse, Bats and Broomsticks get part of its allure from the town’s bat-centred vampire aesthetics. To preserve this allure, Whitby residents should do all they can to preserve their bat population.