The latest issue of Lancaster Farming contains an article detailing the loss of bats in Pennsylvania. Wind turbines are killing approximately 500,000 bats a year, although mitigation strategies such as blade-free turbines and acoustic deterrents show promise.
500,000 is a large number, but it pales in comparison to the number of birds and bats killed by communication towers (6.5 million), power lines (25 million), and windows (300 million). Those numbers are also small in comparison to the estimated birds and bats killed by cats. Are you ready? 1.4 to 3.7 billion.
I wonder how many people who are upset by wind turbines are allowing their cats out at night or feeding feral cats.
See Sue Bowman, “Expert Discusses Endangered Bat Population,” Lancaster Farming (Feb. 1, 2020), pp. B-4, B-7.
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