Grounded Bats Soar in the Classroom
Robyn Graboski, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for
Centre Wildlife Care in Lemont, Pa. has been caring for the two adult female big brown bats seen in today's WPC Daily. The bat on the left is estimated to be more than 10 years old and was found in State College as an adult in December of 1995. She was discovered trapped between a window and screen and was very thin and dehydrated. The bat on the right is from Ohio and was brought to
Centre Wildlife Care (CWC) in August of 2001. She's about 3 years old.
Neither bat is able to fly and hence cannot be released, since bats catch their food (mostly insects) on the wing. They are now ambassadors for
their species at Centre Wildlife Care and are are often
taken to programs and shown to people up close, where they prove to be more fascinating than scary. Robin says the bats are very popular
program animals at schools around Halloween.
CWC receives many bats that are found inside buildings and are compromised in
the winter. Bats normally hibernate in caves and crevices, where temperatures are above freezing and disturbances are minimal. CWC cares for stranded bats
through the winter and releases them in the spring. For more information about the Centre Wildlife Center, visit their Website at www.wildaboutanimals.net.
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