Currently, we exist solely based on charitable donations and small grants.
Adopt a bat at our Rehabilitation Center and become a savior of endangered species!
Your support contributes to bat conservation and rescue efforts in Ukraine!
Upon ‘adopting’ a bat, you will receive:
– an official ‘adoption certificate’ by e-mail;
– detailed information about your ‘adopted’ bat’s species; and
– regular updates from us with videos and/or photos of your bat’s condition for the duration of your monthly donations
You can also gift this unique opportunity to support wildlife to someone else.
How to adopt a bat:
– choose a bat;
– make a donation in the amount of at least 15$ to our PayPal (bats.ukraine@gmail.com, Alona Prylutska), whereby your virtual adoption remains effective for a month. Further monthly contributions towards the guardianship over this particular bat remain at your discretion; and
– fill out the Google form (i.e. provide your contact details and the name of the bat you chose to virtually adopt).
Subject to your prior consent, we will publish a thank you post and/or story tagging your account on our social media.
*Adoption implies the bat remains in our Center’s care funded by the guardian’s donation(s).
Bats in need of adoption:
Sodo
Sodo arrived to our Center in September with a completely torn membrane and a forearm injury. He is now followed closely by our care specialists. His future ability to fly is uncertain.
Princess Cinnamon
This female noctule bat came to our Center from Dnipro City in February 2022 with an injured wing. She was evacuated at the beginning of the full-scale invasion and survived the darkest times with us. She is now on lifelong rehabilitation as her injury makes flying no longer possible.
Karma
This female noctule bat was found on the ground in Kharkiv City when attacked by a magpie. She screamed while defending herself, so someone came to her rescue and brought her to us. Currently, she has a broken 4th finger on her left wing and a torn membrane, but she can’t fly. She is presently undergoing treatment and rehabilitation at our Center.
Rudyk (‘Red’)
This male noctule bat arrived at our Center on 12 December 2022. He was found together with a colony of bats that accidentally flew into the dormitory No.4 of Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, located at Gvardiytsiv-Shironintsiv Street, 41A, Kharkiv.
After rescuing him, we placed him for artificial hibernation in one of our Center’s fridges, where he started to gnaw the phalanges of his own left wing. The reason for such behavior is unknown to us. After partial amputation and healing of the wounds, he resumed to gnaw his limb. As a result, he had half of the second and third fingers of his left wing amputated. His flight capacity is now uncertain, so release into the wild is currently not possible.
Tail
A male noctule bat that was rescued by our specialists three times: once from the balcony of a Kharkiv high-rise in winter 2022 and twice from the full-scale war.
He has a distinguishing feature – a partial tail amputation, so he cannot be released back to the wild.
Solomiya
A young female noctule bat who became trapped in the space between window frames of Karazin Kharkiv National University on 14 December 2022, during autumn migration. While trapped, she severely injured her left wing, leading to the amputation of the phalanges of two fingers. Unfortunately, this makes her flight and return back to the wild impossible.
Kass
This male noctule bat arrived for rehabilitation from Zaporizhzhia City in the middle of December 2022. He has a knee joint fracture, which prevents him from flying and returning to the wild, but doesn’t stop him from being a very active little fellow.
Makhno
This young male noctule bat was discovered during a balcony renovation in the company of many other noctules hibernating inside the balcony cladding in Zaporizhzhia City in December 2022. He has an injury to the fingers of his right wing, so he can’t be returned to the wild.
Layza
This female noctule bat was born in captivity on 25 May 2023 to one of our females in lifelong rehabilitation. At two weeks old, we noticed incorrect bone development (rickets) in her forearm. Currently unable to fly, but very active, she seems to have adapted to her peculiarity.
Rogue
This female Kuhl’s pipistrelle bat got to us for rehabilitation on 23 March 2023, from Zaporizhzhia City, with an open fracture of the right forearm, which resulted in lifelong rehabilitation. Later it turned out she was pregnant, but the babies did not survive. After giving birth, she experienced complete fur loss on her back, and following her recovery, a distinct white spot emerged on her nape.
Pipi
At the time of arrival at our center on February 23, 2023, from Kharkiv, the female of the Noctule bat had necrosis of the foot on her left leg. The necessary amputation was performed the next day. She can fly but quickly gets tired and tries to cling with the missing limb. Because of this, she gets injured in the cage, so we moved her to a faunarium. Such an injury makes it impossible to release her into the wild.
Podyaka
The female of Noctule bat, who was temporarily rehabilitated in the winter of 2022, has transitioned to lifelong care. She steadfastly endured the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Kharkiv, fires, and all the horrors along with our team. Due to deformed phalanges on her left wing, resulting from a fracture, and a wrist injury, she cannot fly.
Кікі
This female of Kuhl’s bat was brought from the village of Aviatorske (Dnipropetrovsk region) on August 5, 2023, with a fractured forearm. The treatment was difficult and lengthy, requiring a splint to fix the wing. Unfortunately, the bones healed incorrectly, making flight impossible.
Таras
A male of Noctule bat, which got trapped in a “window trap” (between two window frames) through an open vent on August 30, 2023. He injured his right wrist, so he can only open his wing halfway. He endured the winter season steadfastly and is now in lifelong rehabilitation.
Аtom
Male of Noctule bat arrived from Odessa city on April 1, 2024. Has not undergone treatment but has a torn membrane between the 4th and 5th fingers. Very much wants to fly, but cannot, so we are providing him with all the conditions to make his life in our Center comfortable.
Neposyda
Male of Noctule bat. He appeared here in mid-December 2021. Due to an injury to his left wrist, he cannot fully extend his wing. He successfully survived the evacuation in 2022 and has adapted to life in our Center.
Shlopa
A male common noctule bat. He was rescued during a large-scale window replacement at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University on November 15, 2023. He had fractures of the last phalanges of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers and a swollen right eye. He underwent treatment bravely, has the ability to fly, but long and agile flights are still beyond his capacity.
Zendaya
The female common noctule bat. She arrived to us from Lutsk on October 15, 2021, with a broken left forearm. A pin was placed in her arm, but the treatment and rehabilitation were successful. Unfortunately, she cannot fly now, but she has been wintering with us wonderfully for the third year and is active in the summer.
Аrien
This female Noctule bat was thrown out of a 4th-floor window in Kharkiv on August 30, 2023. Other bats from her colony were also injured. She had a contusion and swelling on her right wrist, which prevented her wing from fully opening. Fortunately, she successfully hibernated and is now living and training.
Каmi
Female Kuhl’s bat. She came to us a day before the full-scale invasion, on February 23, 2022. She survived several relocations, fortunately, successfully. She has an injury to her left wrist, which prevents her wing from fully opening.
Tsukat
The male Noctule bat was rescued during a large-scale window replacement at the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University on January 5, 2024. Initially, it was in good condition. After wintering, a hematoma was noticed on the fifth digit of the right wing and adhesive inflammation on the adjacent membrane, which later progressed to necrosis of the phalanx itself and the adjacent membrane, as well as necrosis of the membrane near the fifth digit on the left wing. As a result, on the left wing, the phalanx itself was preserved, with only the membrane affected, while on the right wing, the fifth digit was nearly completely amputated.
We periodically update our adoption list to add new bats.
Any questions? Please contact us at bats.ukraine@gmail.com or viber/telegram +380663059895