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Amanda Lollar
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Founder and President of Bat World Sanctuary. Scientific wildlife rehabilitator with the State of
Texas specializing in bats for 18 years.
Permitted to rehabilitate threatened and endangered species of
bats.
Publications:
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The Bat in My
Pocket; A Memorable Friendship. Amanda Lollar (1992). Capra Press.
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The Wonder of Bats,
Biology Digest, Volume 18: Issue 6. Amanda Lollar (1993).
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Captive Care and Rehabilitation of Mexican free-tail Bats. Amanda Lollar
(1994). Bat World publication. Mineral Wells, TX.
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Lollar, A. and B. S. French
(1995) Notes on the mating behavior in a captive colony of Tadarida
brasiliensis. Bat Research News, August, 1995.
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Guidelines for Live Bat
Presentations. Amanda Lollar (1996). Bat World publication.
Mineral Wells. TX.
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Dead and dying Brazilian
free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) from Texas: rabies and
pesticide exposure. Clark, D.R., Lollar, A., and Cowman, D.F
(1996). The Southwestern Naturalist. 41(3).
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Schmidt-French, B.A.
and A. Lollar (1998). Observations on the reproductive behavior of
captive Tadarida brasiliensis Mexicana (Chiroptera:
Molossidae) The Southwestern Naturalist 43(4).
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Lollar, A. and B.A.
Schmidt-French (1999). Treating Blunt Force Trauma in Bats. Wildlife
Rehabilitation Today 10(2).
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Communication among
Mexican free-tailed bats. Barbara French and Amanda Lollar (2000) BATS
Volume 18, No.2.
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Captive Care and Medical
Reference for the Rehabilitation of Insectivorous Bats. Amanda
Lollar and Barbara French ( 2002). Bat World publication.
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French, B., A. Lollar, R. Page, T. Ma, and X. Ruilly (2003).
Vocalizations associated with social communication in the Mexican
free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Chiroptera:
Molossidae). Bat World News 8(1).
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Schmidt-French, B.A. and A. Lollar (2004).
Bat Talk DVD, The
social interaction of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Other:
• Created guidelines for programs using live bats that are
endorsed by both public health and wildlife officials, and are
utilized by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.
• Featured on 20/20, Animal Planet, Nickelodeon, The Disney
Channel, David Letterman and the CBS Morning Show.
• Implemented the development of the first bat specific milk
replacement formula for orphaned insectivorous bat pups.
• Conducted the first successful mating behavior study for
Mexican free-tail bats.
• Created the first nutritionally complete diet for convalescing
insectivorous bats.
• Hand-raised the longest living Mexican free-tail bat in
captivity to date.
• Serves as a consultant regarding the captive care and housing
of insectivorous bats for animal care professionals around the
world.
• Instructs the only annual workshop in the world on the
rehabilitation of insectivorous bats.
Honorable Mentions:
• Radical Virtues; Moral Wisdom and the Ethic of Contemporary
Life by Richard White, Chapter 4: Compassion.
Awards:
• Recipient of the 2005 Doris Day Animal Kingdom Kindred Spirit
Award.
• Animal Planet Hero of the Year finalist, 2008
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Received
Indianapolis Prize nomination, 2009
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