{"id":292817,"date":"2021-11-11T13:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=292817"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:28:32","slug":"bizarre-eu-ruling-thats-threatening-our-churches-directive-giving-protection-to-bats-could-see-dozens-of-religious-buildings-closed-because-of-damage-animals-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=292817","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre EU ruling that&apos;s threatening our churches: Directive giving protection to bats could see dozens of religious buildings closed because of damage animals cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h2>Bizarre EU ruling that&#8217;s threatening our churches: Directive giving protection to bats could see dozens of religious buildings closed because of damage animals cause<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: bold\"><font style=\"font-size:1.4em\">Infestations making many churches &#8216;unsustainable for worship&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: bold\"><font style=\"font-size:1.4em\">But they are impossible for church authorities to remove under EU law<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font style=\"font-size:1.4em\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Calls for the Government to issue licences for destroying bat nests<\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cgtrader.com\/variants\/P6tUqwAxXHqBrVUyNZYG8HnY\/9cae6891d5963582c5a024dd4cd2d77f44d540a2ca4f778b8c6afa6918049521\/MAX%2008.jpg\" style=\"max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px\"> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span>  02:38 BST, 26 June 2013  <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  19:19 BST, 26 June 2013  <\/span> <\/p>\n<div data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\">\n<ul> <b><\/p>\n<li class=\"share-facebook-long\"><\/li>\n<p><\/b> <\/p>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-flipboard\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-fbmessenger\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">  <\/li>\n<p> &lt;li data-anchor=&quot;tl&quot; data-twitter-status=&quot; website via @MailOnline&quot; data-formatted-headline=&quot;Bizarre EU ruling that\\&#039;s threatening our churches: Directive giving protection to bats could see dozens of religious buildings closed because of damage animals cause&quot; data-hide-email=&quot;true&quot; data-article-id=&quot;2348642&quot; data-article-channel-follow-button=&quot;MailOnline&quot; data-is-channel=&quot;false&quot; id=&quot;shareLinkTop&quot; class=&quot;share-icons&quot; data-placement=&quot;top&quot; website  <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <!-- ad: website --><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Medieval churches that survived the \u2018ravages of the Reformation&#8217; are under threat from a Brussels directive giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deer-digest.com\/?s=blanket%20protection\">blanket protection<\/a> to bats, MPs were warned yesterday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Sir Tony Baldry, who represents the Church of England in the Commons, said dozens of parish churches were facing potential closure because of the crippling cost of dealing with bat infestations.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">He told MPs that bat droppings were causing serious damage to medieval wall <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-tho-cuu-huyen-that-to-tranh-son-mai-tphcm\/\">Paintings to worship the dead ancestors<\/a>, sculptures and wooden effigies &#8211; as well as posing a potential health hazard that has already forced the closure of one parish church.<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">   <img height=\"382\" width=\"634\" alt=\"They're the nation's natural insecticide, says Monty Halls, but our bats need your help to survive...\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">They&#8217;re the nation&#8217;s natural insecticide, says Monty Halls, but our bats need your help to survive&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">But under the EU Habitats Directive, bats are given sweeping protections, making it impossible for the church authorities to deal with them.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Appealing to the Government to licence the destruction of bat nests, Sir Tony said: \u2018Many of the churches affected by bat infestation are approaching a situation where their buildings may be unsustainable as a place of worship.<\/font><\/p>\n<div data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" id=\"p-20\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"2.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<h2>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rotator-pages link-xocc\">\n<li class=\"rotator-prev\"><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\"rotator-next\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>   <\/li>\n<li>  <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <strong><u><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb\"><\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n<h2>Share this article<\/h2>\n<div class=\"share\"><span class=\"wai\">Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">\u2018Now it is sometimes said that excluding bats from churches will render the bats homeless. But actually there is every chance that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourmidland.com\/search\/?action=search&amp;firstRequest=1&amp;searchindex=solr&amp;query=church%20congregations\">church congregations<\/a> will find themselves homeless and without a place of worship with listed buildings left unoccupied and that is surely a solution which is undesirable for both bats and people.&#8221; <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">He went on: \u2018I cannot believe that the European Commission would want a situation in which it was not possible for congregations to worship in churches that go back to the time of the Conqueror, because of bat infestations.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Citing an example in his constituency in Banbury, Oxfordshire, he added: \u2018The church of St Peter ad Vincula at South Newington in my own constituency has some very fine, almost unique, medieval wall paintings which seem to have been spared Thomas Cromwell&#8217;s men.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">\u2018But having survived the ravages of the Reformation they are now threatened by bat urine.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">\u2018And these are irreplaceable parts of our natural heritage.&#8217; Under the terms of the EU Habitats Directive, destroying the breeding sites or resting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-tho-cuu-huyen-that-to-tranh-son-mai-tphcm\/\">Places to sell lacquer paintings in tphcm<\/a> of bats is a criminal offence carrying a maximum sentence of six months in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bizarre EU ruling that&#8217;s threatening our churches: Directive giving protection t\u2026","protected":false},"author":80413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6204],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292817"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/80413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=292817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292818,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292817\/revisions\/292818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}