2023 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 13
Amanda Lollar
One of the Florida 12 at Bat World Sanctuary, with her head marked in green, settling in
with newly made friends.
Below are the only other records on bats
who had been in care for 18 years:
11/08 – A male bat found dead by
the exhibit door.
3/10 – Eight bats were necropsied to
昀椀nd the cause of death; no results
were recorded.
2012 – Five more Egyp}an fruit bats
were purchased from an exo}c pet
store.
4/15 – Two bats died; suspected
cause was cardiomyopathy, possibly
related to nutri}on.
11/15 – Three bats are balding; one
bat died from cardiovascular collapse possibly nutri}on related.
11/17 – Eleven bats now balding
5/20 – Naked male bat found
weak and pale on the exhibit
昀氀oor aver being neutered
11/20 – Juvenile bat died while
on exhibit
5/21 – Female bat found weak
with an infected mammary
gland; baby died
4/27/21 – Female bat spayed,
became infected, died 5/27
5/5/21 – Female bat spayed,
died same day
5/19/21 – Female spayed, died
5/24
5/21/21 – Female bat spayed,
died same day
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