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Bats in Captivity. Volume 2: Aspects of RehabilitationAuthor(s): Allyson WalshSource: Acta Chiropterologica, 13(1):226-226. 2011.Published By: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of SciencesDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/001.013.0101URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3161/001.013.0101

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Barnard, S. (ed.). 2010. Bats in captivity. Volume 2:Aspects of rehabilitation. Logos Press, Washington,D.C., 484 pp. ISBN 978-1-934899-04-5 (hardcover),978-1-934899-05-2 (softcover), price US$ 67.95.

This book is part of a series of books intended for anyone

caring for bats in captivity. At 484 pages and available in hard-

back or softback, this comprehensive volume comprises 38 pa -

pers by 41 contributing bat scientists, conservationists, veterinar-

ians, and experienced bat rehabilitators, from across the globe.

It collates a wealth of published and unpublished information

key to maintaining both microbat and megabats in captivity.

Sue Barnard is now retired from a long and successful ca-

reer caring for animals, and is busy working on transferring her

knowledge to the next generation thru this series of books. She

was the lead keeper of Zoo Atlanta’s Reptile House, and before

that the director of a nonprofit conservation organization called

Basically Bats, which she founded. Her passion for rehabi-

litating bats led her to author an earlier book on bats in cap-

tivity available online (1995) http://www.basicallybats.org/

onlinebook/contents.htm. This online version remains a useful

resource for those new to bat care/exploring the topic, and

who are daunted by the cost of the entire book series (each vol-

ume is approximately US$ 70). However, it is now significant-

ly out of date and this new book series is meant to update/

replace and extend the knowledge base originally compiled in

1995.

The other titles of this series are “Biological and medical as-

pects” (Vol. 1, 2009), “Diet and feeding, housing and environ -

ment” (Vol. 3, 2011), and “Legislation and public edu cation”

(Vol. 4, due out 2012). The chapters in Volume 2 are set out as

follows: What are bats and why save them?, Identi fying bats,

Reproductive patterns and parental care, Social organization

and communi cation, Aging bats, Longevity in bats, Capturing

and handling, Aspects of re hab ilitation, Mark ing bats for indi-

vidual identification, Methods for marking bats, Torpor and

hiber nation, Lactation and postnatal growth, Hand rearing in-

fant bats.

In comparison with Volume 1, which concentrates firmly on

detailed medical care guidelines, this volume is broader and

contains more of the basic how to of keeping bats alive in cap-

tive situations, from proper identification, handling and trans-

port to understanding reproductive cycles, aging and marking

bats, hand-rearing bats and detailing artificial hibernating tech-

niques. Special considerations are given for certain species,

based on availability of information, and thus you may or may

not find the information you are looking for by species. Having

reached and grabbed for this book in emergencies, I have usual-

ly found what I’m looking for. For anyone working with flying

foxes, accessing Dave Pinson’s (2009) “Flying fox manual”

available on CD from Australia would be additionally useful.

Simi larly, for those working soley with microbats, the recent-

ly revised “Captive care and medical reference for the rehab-

i li tation of insectivorous bats” by Lollar and Schmidt-French

(2002), would be worth looking at (see http://www.batworld.org/

bat-rehabilitation/).

Realistically, if you are caring for bats, you will need to get

all four volumes, as each book does not stand on its own. Armed

with these however, you will be the best informed you possibly

can be.

ALLYSON WALSH — San Diego Zoo, Institute for Conser -vation Research, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido,CA 92027, USA, E-mail: drallysonwalsh@gmail.com.

LITERATURE CITED

LOLLAR, A., and B. SCHMIDT-FRENCH. 2002. Captive care and

medical reference for the rehabilitation of insectivorous

bats. Bat World Publication, Mineral Wells, Texas, 355 pp.

PINSON, D. 2009. The flying fox manual 2009. StickeeBatz

Publishing, Murwillumbah, Australia. http://www.stickee-

batz.com/HTML/the%20book.htm.

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