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From the Young to the Old

On April the 28th, 2020, Statler turned 33 years old. Statler had a difficult life before he came to Bat World Sanctuary. He was born in a zoo and has

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Coming to you LIVE

We are very fortunate to have four dedicated staff members, three of whom live on-site. Because of this, and the wonderful support of our donors, the bats in our care

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2019 Year in Review

2019 was outstanding in more ways than we can count. To start, we rescued a whopping 7,165 bats, several of whom are pet trade and zoo retired fruit bats who

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Arctic Blast Bat Rescues

An arctic blast dropped the temperatures into the teens for two nights in a row. Our little local free-tailed bats can’t stand the cold and sadly, many did not survive.

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Baxter Finds Peace

We became aware of Baxter’s predicament very early in 2020, when the woman who owned Baxter contacted us asking if we could take him.  The woman had a menagerie of

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Public Letters Needed to Help Bats!

Dear Bat World Sanctuary Supporters, Your first round of letters helped, but the bats still need you! On July 10th, we sent an email to you with details regarding the

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Rescuing Sarah

We initially heard about Sarah early in the year through Pennsylvania Bat Rescue,  a nonprofit group doing a tremendous job for the bats of PA. Founder Steph Morlock became aware

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Our Little Herd

Early one morning we noticed severe damage to large areas of ground on Bat World Sanctuary’s property. The ground in several areas looked like someone had come in with a

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2nd Letter to Federal & State Authorities

The following letter was sent to Federal & State Authorities on Thursday, May 21st, requesting answers regarding the restriction on rehabilitation of bats that is occurring in several states across

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