BATS AND HUMAN INTERACTIONS: Why Do People Eat This Dangerous Mammal Which Transmit Ebola 

In parts of western Uganda, people eat bats for food, medicine, and cultural reasons and sometimes out of revenge. When bats destroy fruit crops such as guavas, some communities hunt and consume them as a way of coping with food loss, a new study in PLOS Global Public Health has found.

By Musinguzi Blanshe

January 27, 2026