Woman Houses Hundreds Of Bats In Her Home

A zoologist in Russia, aided by volunteers, has taken hundreds of bats into her apartment to help them survive the winter. Warmer winters and human disturbance has meant that the mammals are waking up earlier than they should after hibernation. This means there isn’t food ready for them to eat, and once out of hibernation their metabolisms rise and they start burning energy. Elena Sherstyanyh brings these struggling bats to her apartment where she provides space where they can return to their hibernation, as well as feeding low-weight bats so they can survive the winter, ready to be released in spring.