Adopt a Bat

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 this should be treatable and she still has a chance to 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.

Zhyvchyk (‘Lively’)

This male serotine bat has an incorrectly healed wing fracture, since no timely veterinary care could be provided to him due to the war. He was found in Kamianske City (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) and was placed with one of our volunteers, who cared for the bat from February though June. He has since joined the rest of our serotine bats at our Center.

Terracotta

A female parti-coloured bat. She has been in our rehabilitation since August 2021, handed over by a colleague from Kyiv. The female had partial alopecia and an injured wing.

She cannot fly, as her right wing is amputated to the middle of the forearm. However, she still loves to ‘run’ on her folded wings.

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 his return to the wild is uncertain, as he still needs flight training.