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Justice for the Mall of Abilene Bats

On Tuesday, August 8th, we received word from Big Country Wildlife Rehabilitation Center that bats were roosting at the Mall of Abilene and were in danger of possibly being killed by

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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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Peekaboo

On August 2, 2018 we lost our precious Peekaboo, the smiling bat that we all loved so very much. Unbeknownst to us, Peekaboo had a genetic disorder called iron storage

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Van Gogh

In the year 2000, Van Gogh, a Mexican free-tail bat, was experiencing independence in his first summer of life. From what we can deduce, he became caught in a pre-dawn

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Holly

A tiny Christmas miracle
found starving on Christmas eve

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Mr. Impley

Mr. Impley, a Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis)  was retired to Bat World with over a dozen more of his kind in 1994. The bats were involved in DNA research.

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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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