What impact did human activity have on the bats?
Mostly negative, until recently. The partiers and the young men and boys killed the
bats for entertainment, or because they considered them a nuisance. Also, human
disturbance caused the bats to wake up from hibernation and starve. Populations
in the cave declined, then rebounded somewhat, and have stabilized recently with
the coming of environmentally-conscious tourists who try not to disturb the bats,
and scientists who try to protect the bats by studying their habits and installing