In July, a heat-wave with temperatures reaching 118 degrees had a deadly impact on a huge maternity roost of Mexican free-tailed bats located on the underside of a freeway overpass in Bakersfield. Surviving baby bats were dispersed to wildlife rescue centers across California, including Native Animal Rescue, where volunteers hand fed the babies for nine weeks with a special milk formula and eventually mealworms until they could be returned to their roost in Bakersfield. (Read more…)