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Annual Bat Festival
Friday, August 28, 2009, 7 p.m. Meet Bat Expert Rob Mies at the Zoofari Conference Center, 9715 West Blue Mound Rd., Milwaukee Meet bat expert, author and TV personality Rob Mies and enter the amazing world of bats. See one of the largest live bats in the world! Pre-registration is required; tickets are $5 per person. Call (248) 645-3232 to register. Saturday, August 29, 2009 Events and activities run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Karen Peck Katz Conservation Education Center at the Zoo. The Bat Festival is free with Zoo admission. Discover how bats make the ecosystem tick! This day long event features live bat programs, zoo bat feedings, presentations on bat houses, bat detectors, bat research and bat conservation efforts in the Great Lakes region, educational exhibits, a visit with Wisconsin rabies survivor Jeanna Giese, bat-themed activities for children; a bat book-signing, and a bat gift store. Speakers and Topics OBC Staff: Live Bat Programs James Dreisacker (Batcone) Humanely Excluding Bats Dr. Al Kurta (Eastern Michigan University) Bats of the Great Lakes and Threats to Bats Rod Foster (Stevenson High School) Echolocation Kim Williams (Organization for Bat Conservation) Bats of the World Jeana Geise / Mike Frayer (Milwaukee County Zoo) Surviving Rabies and Rabies and Public Health Rhonda Crenshaw (Milwaukee County Zoo) Bats and Zoos Bat Conservation of Wisconsin: Bats of Wisconsin and Rehabilitation Dr. Tim Carter (Ball State University) Bat Houses and other artificial roosts Bill Scullon (Michigan Department of Natural Resources) Bats and Mines Dave Redell (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) Citizen-based Bat Monitoring Project in Wisconsin Family Barbecue at the Zoo, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Brown Bear Den and Australian Outback picnic areas. Food available for purchase. Bat Netting Demonstration at the Zoo, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Just west of the Brown Bear Den picnic area. Free.
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