From Alan Wellings
As a former bat ecologist I thought your article on diseases carried by bats (8 February, p 44) unnecessarily demonised these animals, which already get a bad press. What next? “Humans: nasty carriers of millions of diseases, avoid”, or “birds: flying bags of flu virus: don’t touch”? All animals are disease vectors and many diseases carried by other animals are transferable to humans.
Mount Albert, Ontario, Canada
