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The Plight of the Seychelles Flying Fox

Photo provided by Protect Paradise Seychelles Off the coast of East Africa, in the Seychelles Islands, a disturbing trade continues well past the guise of tradition. Restaurants and resorts across

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Baby Bliss

Some of you may not be aware that, along with bats, Bat World’s staff also rescues dogs, cats, goats, sheep and chickens. We have several live-stream cams on our website

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THE FLORIDA 12

In late December, we received a call from a distraught caregiver at a Museum of Natural History located in Florida. Apparently, a colony of Egyptian fruit bats had been at

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Rescuing Cold-Stunned Bats

When an arctic front passed through Texas between Christmas and New Years Eve, over 1,600 bats fell from their roosts, particularly those roosting beneath bridges. Most of these bats were

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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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Moving in Baby Steps

By Mitch Gilley Well, it’s beginning. Many of you have tracked the progress of the new facility via our Facebook updates, but now the preliminary stages of moving in are

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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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