Persuasive Essay Against Vampire Bat

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It was a dark and stormy night up in the high trees or in a creepy dark cave. No, I’m just kidding. Have you ever wondered what the bright side is with vampire bat and what they do for the environment well let's find out. Vampire bats can help farmers and they can also help find cures for some cancer and aids. Lets go dive out of the dark cave and high trees and go find out more about reasons why we should keep bats alive.

To begin with vampire bats can help humans with diseases. I think that vampire bats should not be killed because scientist believes that vampire bats can help cure cancer and AIDS. According to the article Vampire bat debate,”The reason they’re attacks are because people who cut down live stock have flushed bats out of food rich forests.” Another reason is that food rich forests is a stationary food supply for the bats. Next why vampire bats shouldn’t be killed is that bat based research led to a discovery of sonar and anticoagulant …show more content…

Vampire bats can eat up to 1,130 of planthoppers each day protecting a bunch of crops and plants. Vampire bats are good for the environment because they can eat pests and rodents, this helps to reduce the amount of pests and which could damage crops. Another example why vampires are helpful to the environment is that they can assist with the pollination of large or small flowers. According to the article Vampire Bat debate, “Panama's bat population plays an important role in pollination and insect control.” In a study it shows that with the same population with 8 million bats farmers can save about 1.2 million dollars. According to the article How Bats Help ,”This means that a population of 8 million bats would protect a paddy farm from nearly 2,900 tons of loss each year – the equivalent of food for 26,000 people.” Finally not only are bats good for the environment but are good for farmers and producing

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