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Installing a Bat House: Safe, Effective, and Certified

Bats are beneficial—most don't carry rabies. To encourage them to roost away from your house, buy a bat house certified by Bat Conservation International (find sources at their website). Bats choose their own roosts, but a certified house increases the odds they'll use it instead of your patio umbrella.

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