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LOCAL
RESCUE/ASSISTANCE
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QUICK HELP BOX
For
help within the US, click your state on the map below.
If there are no listings in your state, click on the
state located
closest to you or go to
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Centers.
For help outside the
US see
International
Rescue.
See below to provide temporary care until
help can be reached.
NOTE:
Do NOT handle the bat with bare hands and do not
attempt to rehabilitate the bat on your own. To do so could
jeopardize your safely as well as the life of the bat.
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Providing
Temporary Care
Line a box with an old t-shirt so the bat has something to hang
upside-down on. Create some pleats in the shirt so the bat can
hide if it wants to. (Make sure any tape that is used is secured
well so the bat won't get stuck.) Put a small amount of
water in a small, shallow container like a baby food jar lid.
Place the lid on the bottom of the container and next to a wall so
the bat can hang over it to drink. Make sure a top is secured to
the box as some bats can squeeze through a crack as thin as
1/4"! If you must handle the bat please remember to wear
thick gloves (even though rabies is rare in bats, if it bites you
it will need to be tested). Keep the box in a room where the bat
won't get too warm or too cold and away from children and pets
until help is located.
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PLEASE REMEMBER: Bat and wildlife rehabiltators are
extremely busy, sometimes caring for orphaned and injured wildlife up to 20 hours per day.
If you find a bat please DO NOT rely on email to get help since time may be
critical to saving the bat. Please call a bat or wildlife
rehabilitator nearest to your location. Also, please be aware
that there may not be a bat rehabilitator in your town or even your state,
however, some rehabilitators are willing to drive a
good distance to help a bat in need. Most wildlife rehabilitators
volunteer their time and money to save the animals, and they rely on the help
of the public. Please consider transporting the bat to them, meeting them
half way, or making a donation.
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The people
included on these lists are concerned wildlife rehabilitators, biologists,
veterinarians, conservationists and educators who have volunteered to help people with bat questions or problems. If you have
tried to get help from the list and have not succeeded, please
e-mail us at sanctuary@batworld.org.
Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement of reputation, ability
or permit status. If you are a wildlife rehabilitator, educator or
conservationist and would like to be added to this
list, have changes or corrections made to your information please e-mail us at the above address.
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