Posted on Apr 27, 2018
Bats in your attic? This NC law says it's illegal to remove them :: WRAL.com
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What if you have bats in your belfry??
Bats in your attic? This NC law says it's illegal to remove them :: WRAL.com
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It seems the author of this law probably does have bats in their own belfries CW5 Jack Cardwell :-)
While it is true that bats can be beneficial for eating pests they can also carry rabies from eating rabid pests.
I understand that the pro5tect the bat crowd supports the North Carolina statute that "prevents residents from removing bats during their mating season, which occurs between May 1 and July 31."
What do you think? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi LTC (Join to see) LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Jeff S. CPT Jack Durish MSgt Robert C Aldi SFC Stephen King MSgt Danny Hope SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl Craig Marton SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan
While it is true that bats can be beneficial for eating pests they can also carry rabies from eating rabid pests.
I understand that the pro5tect the bat crowd supports the North Carolina statute that "prevents residents from removing bats during their mating season, which occurs between May 1 and July 31."
What do you think? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi LTC (Join to see) LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Jeff S. CPT Jack Durish MSgt Robert C Aldi SFC Stephen King MSgt Danny Hope SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl Craig Marton SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan
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Maj John Bell
I had a home in Coastal NC. For those who've never been lived in coastal NC, it is subject to high winds, especially during hurricane season.
The home was on a large wooded lot and several LARGE trees on the lot were dead and in danger of coming down in high winds. I called a tree service to remove the trees. The tree service informed me that they could not remove those dead trees because those trees had some value to some kind of woodpecker. Both I and the tree service would be subject to severe fines. I called the NC DEQ, they confirmed that the trees could not be removed, and that I would be heavily fined, per tree. There were lots of trees that wouldn't come down and hit the house, but SELECTIVE culling was out of the question.
During my tour at Camp LeJeune none of the trees came down. Eventually I sold the house. About 6 years later, during a severe thunderstorm, one of the trees came down and severely injured a child and her mother sitting at the dinner table. Nobody could tell me whether or not the woodpeckers were OK.
The home was on a large wooded lot and several LARGE trees on the lot were dead and in danger of coming down in high winds. I called a tree service to remove the trees. The tree service informed me that they could not remove those dead trees because those trees had some value to some kind of woodpecker. Both I and the tree service would be subject to severe fines. I called the NC DEQ, they confirmed that the trees could not be removed, and that I would be heavily fined, per tree. There were lots of trees that wouldn't come down and hit the house, but SELECTIVE culling was out of the question.
During my tour at Camp LeJeune none of the trees came down. Eventually I sold the house. About 6 years later, during a severe thunderstorm, one of the trees came down and severely injured a child and her mother sitting at the dinner table. Nobody could tell me whether or not the woodpeckers were OK.
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