Faces of Rescue (so far this year)
This has been a very, very busy year. So far this year we welcomed over 80 new permanent residents to Bat World Sanctuary. To date we have released 214 back
September 5, 2019
This has been a very, very busy year. So far this year we welcomed over 80 new permanent residents to Bat World Sanctuary. To date we have released 214 back
BABY SEASON ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE REDS Yesterday we received nonstop calls about baby red bats being found grounded. We ended up with 6 orphans so far, but before the
SULLY (AND HIS MONKEY) Sully was rescued from the exotic pet trade last February after we received a frantic call from a concerned woman in Ohio. She stated that Sully
A PRECIOUS ACCIDENT This is baby Ronan, a precious little accident that wasn’t supposed to happen. He was born two weeks ago and then abandoned by his mother, an African
This is Sully, a recently rescued Egyptian fruit bat who was saved by Tessa in Ohio and Laurie Dehn, an associate of Bat World Sanctuary. Sully was part of the exotic pet
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
In December 2019, a new zoonotic illness began spreading rapidly in the Wuhan Province of China. The source of the virus, dubbed COVID-19 or SARS-COV2, was assumed to be from
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
In late December of 2019, an issue was brought to the attention of Bat World Sanctuary (BWS) in Texas by Second Chances Wildlife Center (SCWC) in Kentucky. The issue involved
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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