South Loire. Bats, snakes, badgers: these little unloved creatures that must nevertheless be preserved.

They are rarely considered cute, and we even tend to fear them. Among the many species that inhabit the department, some are less well-known and generally less appreciated. These include, among others, snakes and bats.

And even badgers, which some consider to be pests, a species which can also be hunted in France...

Bats are all protected by the environmental code, reminds the LPO. "We have a lot of preconceived ideas, we are wrongly afraid of them , it is important to talk about them to normalize things, they are part of biodiversity and have many roles, particularly in regulating insect populations." They are all the more important with...

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