create your own game

Bats

100

true or false, culling increases profit for farmers?

False, why?

200

Who was at fault with bat culling?

a. farmers

b. government

c.community

d. up to interpretation

Government 

What can they do better to protect the bats?

300

The Jaunky paper emphasizes that a lack of knowledge is a big component of bat cullings. How would you go about educating the public on the importance of bats?

education etc. 

400

Last week we had the controversial discussion about hunting and how it could be used as a mechanism to manage populations. One of the papers stated that bat populations grow fast and could become out of control, would you propose strict hunting regulations, why or why not?

Debate

500

1. Which state are the fruit bats currently in according to the IUCN? 

2. Critically endangered 

3. Endangered 

4. Vulnerability 

5. Near Threatened 

Endangered

HWC

100

What year was culling on fruit bats initiated?

2006

200

Why do you think there is so much more focus on the damage caused by fruit bats compared to the damage caused by birds?

Bats are viewed as pests and people thing they cause more damage

300

1. How many orchard farms are there on the map?
   Which one(s) received the most damage? 

   1. 
      

6, Medine with 52.2% 

400

T/F, Mango trees are one of the invasive species that has overtaken the Mauritius forests.

False, strawberries

500

Are governments worldwide or undereducated communities, the leading cause of animal extinction?

yes

Fruit

100

Roughly how many total bats have been killed since culling began?

about 38,000

200

Netting was described as useful, but expensive, and the data shows it was good in reducing damage caused by bats, are there other ideas you can think of that could potentially reduce damage caused by bats?

pruning, planting more trees, harvest sooner

300

T/F, Mauritius fruit bats are the only ones on the island.

False, there are also alien bird species

400

If the Republic of Mauritius’ people continued on educating the youth on this matter, do you believe the government will push for more non-lethal methods?

maybe

500

Why are there groups of people seemingly unwilling to change their attitudes about certain issues when it comes to HWC? 

stubbornness