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PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR FIGHT TO SAVE BATS
 
Our work began in 1989, with the rehabilitation of one tiny, injured bat. Since then we have been involved in a variety of conservation initiatives geared directly toward saving thousands of bats and protecting the habitat they need to survive. Please see a list of these programs below.

Bat World Sanctuary is an entirely volunteer, 501c(3) non-profit organization. Thousands of displaced, orphaned and injured bats are rescued and rehabilitated at the Bat World facility every year. Up to 80% of these bats are returned to the wild again. Bats that are not releasable are given lifetime sanctuary. Membership donations help to buy food, medical supplies, and maintain our sanctuaries. Please see our Accomplishments page to see how your membership dollars are spent.

WAYS TO JOIN
 
  • Donations of $25.00 or more receive automatic membership with Bat World Sanctuary.
     
  • Adopt-a-Bat and receive a one-year automatic membership.
     
  • Join our free Action Alerts list to receive e-alerts on ways you can help bats in immediate danger - simply send an e-mail to sanctuary@batworld.org with the words Action Alerts in the subject line.
     
  • Join our rehab list-serve, World Bat Line, and follow the prompts to join for free.
     
  • Become a member by fax or mail by sending in our Membership/Donation Form.  

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OUR PROGRAMS

REHABILITATION
We've developed treatments for a variety of conditions in micro-bats and published a comprehensive medical reference. Our book, Captive Care and Medical Reference for the Rehabilitation of Insectivorous Bats, is being used to rehabilitate bats worldwide. We also provide Bat World Bootcamp,  the only workshop available on the rehabilitation of insectivorous bats. Our List-serve, World Bat Line, is utilized  by hundreds of bat rehabilitators across the world for immediate help in saving bats.
RESCUE CENTERS
We are developing a national network of rescue centers dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of North American bat species. Our rescue centers provide rescue, rehabilitation and release or permanent sanctuary for bats, promote the humane treatment of captive bats, protect wild bats and wild bat colonies from abuse and destruction, and promote bat conservation through public awareness.
EDUCATION
We educate thousands of school children a year about the benefits of bats as well as the potential dangers of handling wild animals. Bat World Sanctuary has been featured on Animal Planet, the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, PBS, Late Night with David Letterman, the CBS Early Show and 20/20.
WILD SANCTUARY
We are purchasing a building being used as habitat by a colony of 30,000 displaced Mexican free-tailed bats. This colony, once slated for extermination, now has a permanent refuge in this building, which also serves as a wild sanctuary for thousands of migrating bats that use it as a stop-over site. About 500 female Mexican free-tailed bats also gather at this building every summer to bear and raise their single baby.
RESEARCH
We have conducted the first successful mating behavior study of Mexican free-tailed bats which resulted in knowledge that will impact future conservation efforts to preserve wild populations of this rapidly disappearing species.
NATIONWIDE HELP
We have developed a list consisting of hundreds of bat rehabilitators throughout North America, enabling us to locate help for the thousands of people in both the US and Internationally who find injured and orphaned bats every year.
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