Fish dead by helping bat

The measures to save the waterbath at the construction of the new Ring Zuid through Groningen have proved to be fatal for the fish.

A mowing boat fished the water of the Hora Siccamasingel last week, so the bats could hunt for food better. Then one after another died.

'It may have something to do with the screw and bottom ground that comes up, but it may also have been a combination of things,' says the contractor. He adds: 'This is of course not the intention. '