https://reasonstobecheerful.world/kharkiv-bats-rescue-hiberation-war/
"As Russian forces advanced this summer on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest
city, the facade of an eight-story apartment building in the Saltivka district
suffered heavy damages from shelling, as did many other multi-family
structures. Dozens of bullets scarred the gray front wall, and most of the
upper windows were shattered. By August, only a few families remained. Some
noticed dozens of bats trapped in the lower windows. The animals had flown
through broken panes of glass, then got stuck, unable to find an exit. Soon
they were dying of dehydration and starvation.
But in a lucky turn of events, one of the families called the Ukrainian Bat
Rehabilitation Center, an organization of biologists and veterinarians who
rescue and treat injured bats. When Anton Vlaschenko, its director, and Lika
But, a volunteer, arrived on the scene, they carefully removed the remaining
animals, the majority of which were common noctules, or Nyctalus noctula. Eight
of the bats were already dead. The remaining 18 they put inside a bag and took
home. “We measured their body mass, fed them, watered and released them in the
evening,” said Vlaschenko."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
