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A Grueling Rescue

This weekend has been grueling. We’ve rescued over 70 starving and critical juvenile bats from old, vacant apartments over a store. Sadly, over 200 juvenile bats lost their lives after

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400 and Counting!

Wow! This summer has been the busiest to date. Aside from aiding in the rescue of over 400 bats across the country so far this season, the entire staff has been

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Trash Can Bats and Pregnant Moms

Baby season has barely begun, and we’ve already helped 107 bats locally and around the world!  If you’d like to donate to help us save orphaned and injured bats, click here. Please

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Andy

It is with a heavy heart that we bring you the news that Andy, a Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis), passed away on June 3, 2016, two months after his

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Isis

1995 – Nov. 5, 2015 Isis, an Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) came to us from an amusement park where she hung in a small glass cage and endured crowds

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A Bittersweet Rescue

By Amanda Lollar, Founder & President, Bat World Sanctuary In the early nineties, when I was still new at rehabbing bats, the common belief was that orphaned insectivorous bats could

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A Day With The Fruit Bats

As I mentioned in the craft shop rescue story, I think some people have an unrealistically tame vision of what animal rescue really is.  I know I did.  We often get

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