ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) — Animal welfare groups are calling for action after a fiber optic cable installers were caught on camera damaging a bat habitat, harming dozens of bats.
Video on social media from the Turkey Creek neighborhood of Alachua shows a worker opening a manhole cover and digging out a colony of bats. He appears to swing his shovel at them.
Groups like the Florida Bat Conservancy and Southeastern Bat Diversity Network filed complaints with Alachua County and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission…