2024 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 9
Addison McCool
Wing was}ng ini}ally strips bats of
their 昀氀ight ability, and without treatment, will cause sepsis and death.
Bats cannot survive this infec}on in
the wild. They can’t forage for insects, they can’t 昀椀nd water, and they
can’t return to their roost. Thankfully, there is a chance to save them
when they are found in }me.
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Sta昀昀 member Addison McCool, and intern Lulu Colby, rescuing a bat trapped high on the
side of a downtown building.
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Our caregivers immediately started
the bats on a combina}on of pain
medica}on, oral an}bio}cs and Biogamma cream on their wings, which
destroys surface bacteria. These
medica}ons run hundreds of dollars
at a }me. Each bat was also hand-fed
twice daily while also training them
to self-feed. The care these bats required took hours-upon-hours each
day for almost two months. When
Intern Kate Citrin, using her rock climbing skills
combined with our usual bat care
to save a stranded Mexican free-tail clinging to
load our dedicated sta昀昀 were workthe side of a building.
ing nearly non-stop.
