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Cost of ‘bat shed’ to protect colony near HS2 has topped £100m, chair says (www.theguardian.com)

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Jon Thompson tells industry conference there was ‘no evidence’ that bats were at risk from the trains

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He said the “bat shed” was his favourite example of the problems caused. The Bechstein’s bat was “generally pretty available in most of northern Europe, western Europe”, he said. “But nevertheless, under the Wildlife Act, 1981, it’s deemed to be a protected species in the UK, this bat, even though there’s lots of them.”

The bat is rare in the UK and deemed to be “vulnerable” in Europe, according to the IUCN conservation network’s red list.

He sounds like a bit of a prick trying to muddy the waters in an investigation into why the project went so over-budget under his watch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Available" like the bats are a cheap product. "Why shouldn't we decimate local animal populations, we can just order more off Amazon."

Consumer brain is insidious and a symptom of a diseased worldview making us all alienated and miserable. Obviously not even in the top 50 things that are doing that at the moment, but it's up there.

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