2024 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 20
Addison McCool
The daughter of the owner of the bats
inherited the task of caring for them
aver the owner’s passing. Having li琀琀le
knowledge of bats, and seeing their
poor living condi}ons, she contacted us
in hopes of surrendering the bats. We
quickly made arrangements to bring the
bats to Bat World Sanctuary.
Although the trip back was long, the
three bats snugly se琀琀led in a transport
enclosure that was cleaner than any
place they had been in years.
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The three boys were in poor shape, but
they were in good spirits. They now
reside in our expansive indoor-outdoor
昀氀ight enclosure, where over 100 other
rescued Egyp}an fruit bats make up
their new family. They can 昀氀y unencumbered, likely for the very 昀椀rst }me
in their lives. Today, the Missouri Three
are doing wonderfully, with endless
fresh fruit, juice, toys, and an en}re
colony of new friends to play with.
Natalie Perez
In April, sta昀昀 members made an 11 hour
trek to collect three Egyp}an fruit bats
that were a part of the cruel, exo}c pet
trade. Huey, Dewey, and Louie had
spent their lives in a small, 昀椀lthy wire
enclosure, without the enrichment their
intelligent minds so desperately needed.
They lived this way for several years,
watching other members of their colony
die before ever having the chance to 昀氀y.
By the }me we became aware of their
plight, only 3 of the original 7 bats remained.
Louie, a昀琀er arriving at Bat World Sanctuary.
