Join us for one of our most loved events at the Sanctuary on Saturday, May 16th from 6-10 PM.
Note about the event from Arizona Game & Fish:
Arizona is home to 28 species of bats, many of which live and forage right in our own backyards. Here’s your chance to see these fascinating creatures up close and learn about their important roles in the ecosystems in which they live.
This is an exciting opportunity to meet these misunderstood creatures in person. A presentation on bat biology and ecology will be given while we wait for bats to arrive. Biologists will retrieve them from nets, bring them back to record data and show them to attendees up close for viewing and photographs before being released.
Bats are the only true flying mammals and are primary predators of insect pests, saving taxpayers billions of dollars annually while helping to control insect-spread human diseases. Although bats play key roles in our ecosystem, they are declining rapidly worldwide.
