Out today: "#Bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of #COVID19" Happy to contribute to this piece led by @RicardoNature

Bats risk persecution following #Covid19, but are vital for ecosystems. Public health and conservation specialists need to work together to find sustainable solutions to zoonotic diseases. Our new paper explains more: tinyurl.com/y6hky2q8 @_BCT_ @BatConIntl @SSRP_UoS

Check out a new pub outlining priority research for "Bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of #COVID19" led by @RicardoNature for #bats. Happy to have contributed w/ many others

Hot off the press! A research agenda to prevent misguided #persecution of #bats in the aftermath of #COVID19 #collaboration #network4conservation @SANBI_ZA @TheEWT @NSPCA_SA @WWFSouthAfrica @IFAWUK @wwfzambia @AfricanParks

Thanks to @RicardoNature for leading this piece outlining high-priority collaborative research areas at the interface of bat conservation & zoonotic disease and preventing misguided persecution in the aftermath of COVID‐19. Grateful to have been included!

Let us not wrongly persecute bats in the aftermath COVID-19.

Bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of #COVID19 - Letter from 25 #bat researchers and conservationists …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ac… Photo of heart-nosed bat by Adrià López-Baucells pic.twitter.com/PKcIZpuiQn

Letter from 25 bat conservationists, proposing a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution of #bats in the aftermath of COVID‐19 - FREE access …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Left photo by Sanjitpaal Singh; right photo by Adrià López-Baucells pic.twitter.com/54OSQeRy4x

Our paper on #bat #conservation and zoonotic disease risk by @RicardoNature et al. provides a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution and promote evidence-based guidance in the aftermath of #COVID19. Out now and #openaccess @AnimalConserv

New collaborative pub led by @RicardoNature and the contribution of Hugo Rebelo from #BATECO group @CIBIO_InBIO and w/ the contribution of many others presenting a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution of #bats in the aftermath of #COVID‐19 .