Two big groups of common noctules arrived to the Feldman Ecopark Centre for Chiroptera Rehabilitation last week. These bats were rescued when this colony of hibernating animals was disturbed by the workers conducting repairs in the building in the centre of Kharkiv.
“The specialists and volunteers of the Centre had to work hard – only in one day we received 90 common noctules. The next day, one bigger group arrived. On Friday, we had 200 animals, and each of them needs to be fed! We thank the volunteers who helped to cope with such quantity of animals in need of feeding during the weekend. As on Monday, most of them were already placed on wintering in the special refrigerator (rescued bats are examined, weighed, ringed, give to drink watered and place on wintering. Underweight bats are fed up with bug larvae), only 50 individuals left” – Anton Vlashchenko, the head of the Feldman Ecopark Centre for Chiroptera Rehabilitation told.
In general, with the onset of cold weather about dozen applications, of which about two-thirds daily come to the Centre from other cities of Ukraine, sometimes even from other countries. From 4 to 25 bats were taken for rehabilitation per day. Besides, our specialists consulted people addressing from beyond Kharkiv. To date, more than 400 rescued bats live in the Centre.
The specialists of the Centre for Chiroptera Rehabilitation ask everyone to inform about all findings of bats, to which the danger of death threatens in the winter by ph. (057) 781-70-78, (096) 591-16-24 (Viber, Telegram) and (066) 305-98-95.
It should be reminded that the Feldman Ecopark Centre for Chiroptera Rehabilitation is animal protection organization, unique not only for our country, but also throughout Eastern Europe. During five years of its existence, the Centre rescued about 10,000 bats. It should be noted that all of the bat species in Ukraine are in the Red Book. The rescued and rehabilitated animals come back to the nature. This year, we released a record quantity of chiropterans – 2,500 individuals in the territory of Feldman Ecopark.
