Activism

Lots of Summer News

Matching Challenge Grant Met! We are so excited to announce that thanks to our wonderful supporters we met the generous $15,000 challenge grant with a month to spare! The funds

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Summer Rescue Videos, 2018

Videos of some of the orphaned and injured bats we have rescued the summer of 2018. Included below is footage on saving a baby bat from certain death, feeding orphaned

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Rescuing Trapped Bats

Over the past week we have been much busier than usual rescuing bats that had become trapped in several businesses that occupy a downtown block in Mineral Wells, Texas. Many of

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Sully, the Battoo and Papaya Smacking

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

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Laurie and Jessie

Two privately owned female Egyptian fruit bats, likely purchased from the pet trade, were donated to a small zoo in Michigan. After two years the zoo no longer wanted young

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2018 Year in Review

This year we saved the lives of over 2,100 bats We helped individuals and bat care professionals in 41 states and 62 international locations from Argentina to Vietnam We reached

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Because of You, They Live

On this Giving Day, September 20, 2018, we want to say THANK YOU. Your support has been critical to our mission of saving bats around the world. Our Giving Day

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