Interesting, they should first stop the locals from netting and selling them over near the Caticlan jetty port for 100 120 pesos per kilo. (Just asked again)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/52107/boracay%E2%80%99s-other-attraction-flying-foxes
Conservationists have identified three bat species, including the Golden-Crowned Flying Fox (Aceradon jubatus), which is endemic to the Philippines but has been categorized as among the endangered species under the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List … The bat population has plunged by 86 percent from 15,000 in 1988 to 2,000 in 2005, according to the latest count of the FFF and other conservation groups. The sharp decline has been blamed on habitat loss, human disturbance of the bats’ roosting area and hunting.
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