Students and staff at Highland High School in Salt Lake City got their school year off to a spooky start as hundreds of bats have been found in and out of campus buildings.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources crews have been working nonstop, even into the night, to push the bats out.
“I’ve never been that close to them in the daylight," she said."We just tried to stay calm because we don’t want to scare the little baby cheerleaders. So we were just like ‘It’s okay, it’s not a big deal.’” “As teachers were coming back into the building, one of the teachers reported a rattling in the air conditioning,” said Salt Lake City School District spokesperson Yándary Chatwin. “They looked inside the unit and there was a nest inside that HVAC unit.”
Wildlife conservation biologist Shawn Pladas explained that being next door to Sugar House park where there are rich resources for bats likely steered them towards the school as they head south.
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