A Hospital in Hong Kong Suspected of Having Fruit Bats Enter

Fishing Harbour personnel take suspected fruit bats (East Online)

Overseas Net 2nd February reportA fruit bat was reportedly found in a Hong Kong hospital, and fishing harbor personnel captured it.

According to the Hong Kong 'East Online' report, at 8:52 AM on the 6th, staff at Donghua Hospital on Prince Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, heard a sound of an animal in the staircase. They investigated and found a suspected fruit bat wandering into the hospital, lingering near the water pipes in the staircase, so they called the police. The reporter said the animal 'is not like a cat, not like a dog'.

Harbor Animal Control personnel immediately arrived with tools and cages, successfully capturing the fruit bat and putting it in a cage. It was taken away for examination. This suspected fruit bat was about 1.5 feet long (approximately 45.7 cm) and weighed about 10 pounds (approximately 4.5 kg). There were no visible injuries on the surface.

Fruit bat picture

According to the Harbor Animal Control and Conservation Department, fruit bats are mammals, a large and long species of the cat family (body length 50-76cm). The tail is longer than the body length, but shorter than the body length, with a (musk gland) at the base. They have black spots around their eyes and white markings on their cheeks and foreheads. They are also known as 'white-nosed bats'. The back is light to dark brown, and the belly is lighter in color. Fruit bats are nocturnal animals, secretive, and avoid humans.

According to Hong Kong law, fruit bats are protected by the Wild Animal Protection Ordinance, hunting is prohibited, and anyone who violates the law will be sentenced to a maximum fine of HK$100,000 and imprisonment for 1 year. (Overseas Net Yang Jia)

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