“…Urban roosts in bat-hunting regions tend to be in the tallest trees available, and often within sites that provide some form of 'sanctuary' where hunting is discouraged. This includes hospital grounds (Accra, Kampala), embassies (Accra, Libreville), botanical gardens (Accra, Ile-Ife (Fayenuwo and Halstead, 1974)), hotels (São Tomé), palace gardens (Kano (Barau et al, 2013)), zoos (Kumasi) and military, private or corporate compounds (Accra, Yaounde). Alternatively, it may be that these locations are some of the few areas within these cities with sufficient numbers of large, tall trees remaining to accommodate large roosts, since roosts in regions where E. helvum were not hunted for bushmeat or regularly disturbed were also observed in hospital grounds (Muheza, Nguludi), embassies (Malabo), and private compounds (Dar es Salaam).…”