2024 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 34
Bat World Bulgaria
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Sandra Bellomo
This }ny pup, rescued by Bat World Italy, almost didn’t survive. She was found
orphaned and alone, and then fed cows milk before being surrendered to rescuers. Bat pups require highly specialized milk formula, and the wrong food can be
fatal. Thankfully, carers successfully treated her near-fatal bloat from the wrong
diet, transi}oned her onto the proper formula, and later released her.
In this photo, the }ny pup is
nursing from a medical }p
we use for feeding. It is
made of incredibly sov silicone. These }ps are used in
ophthalmic surgery and are
extremely expensive to purchase new (around $75
each!). Once used in surgery, they must be disposed
of, but they can be cleaned
and used for other purposes, like feeding baby microbats. Thankfully, these }ps
are donated to us by eye
centers across the U.S. We
then provide them free of
charge to bat rescuers
around the world.
Addison McCool
This is Courage, a young bat that became separated from his mother. He wound
up trapped in a homeowner’s house aver they lev their windows open. Although
the most common advice people give is to let the bat outside, this would have
been a death sentence for this young bat, as he was too young to 昀氀y. Li琀琀le Courage was rescued and taken into care by Bat World Bulgaria, and released once he
was old enough to be on his own.
