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[The New York Times]

In Suburbs, the Batman Meets His Villain
As Awareness About Rabies Grows, More Business for This Crusader

By JANE GROSS
Published: Friday, September 29, 2000

When the furry winged creature, its teeth as small and sharp as needles, swooped through her bedroom here in the middle of the night, Gina Grieco shrieked, pulled the sheets over her head and told her husband to call 911.

First the police came, trapping the big brown bat, one of two species common in these parts. Then they summoned Jim Dreisacker, a k a the batman, who rides to the rescue day and night in Westchester County, combining the skills of a wildlife trapper, a contractor, a therapist and a mordant comedian.

''It takes a lot to get me worked up, and it's probably good that people see how calm I am,'' Mr. Dreisacker said, heading from the Grieco house, where he did a modest $2,500 bat-proofing job; to a Mount Kisco home where $9,000 would buy a five-year guarantee; to a 2,500-acre estate farther north, where he was removing more than 1,000 bats from the main house and outbuildings for $30,000.. Read more here...

Bats are Fascinating Creatures (PDF) / PCT Magazine August 2006