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Bat World Sanctuary holds a 5-day intensive bat rehab workshop each
summer.

Bat World Boot Camp dates for 2006 are:

July 17th through July 21st
July 24th through July 28th

Classes are limited to 8 people per session.

For more information please go to:
http://www.batworld.org/rehab_training/rehab_training.html

Sample Day:
Morning schedule: Check the Wild Sanctuary for possible rescue of orphaned and injured bats, feed juvenile bats in the prerelease flight cage, care and feeding of orphaned and injured bats in rehab, hand-feed bats in the non-releasable colony, cage cleaning and routine maintenance and cleaning of the Bat World facility and the wild sanctuary.
12:00 pm - Lunch break
1:00 pm - Basic exams and species id
2:00 pm - Practicing injection techniques on dead specimens
3:00 pm - Discussion on injuries
4:00 pm - Feeding of foliage roosting and crevice-dwelling orphans.
5:00 pm - Visit wild sanctuary for possible rescue of orphaned or injured bats.
6:00 pm - Dinner break.

Evening schedule - Prepare food and feed the fruit bats, feed juvenile bats in the wild sanctuary pre-release flight cage, care and feeding of orphaned and injured bats in rehab, hand-feed bats in the non-releasable colony and nighttime check of the wild sanctuary for possible rescue of orphaned and injured bats.



Or print out the flyer at:
[url]http://www.batworld.org/batworld_centers/director_resources/bootcamp%
20flyer.pdf[/url]