A brown bat pup found himself very lucky when a family in Volga, SD discovered him lying on the ground. The little one was emaciated and dehydrated, so it was very apparent he had been without his mom for some time. We provided guidance on how to safely contain the bat and located a bat-trained rescuer in the finder’s area. The baby was transferred to a rescuer where he will be hand-raised and released when old enough to survive.