Adopt A Bat 2024

Become a Bat Buddy and Make a Difference!

Do you want to become a bat buddy with one of the most amazing creatures in our community? Adopt a Bat with Habitat Acquisition Trust and get to know a local bat who lives in your community! When you adopt a bat, you’re not only helping protect these amazing animals—you’re also getting some cute perks. 

What you get when you adopt a bat:

• Information about your adopted bat species—learn all about your new bat buddy!
• A bat sticker by incredible local artist Sarah Jim
• An official adoption certificate to proudly show off your bat love
• The warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing you’re helping to protect local bats

🦇 Adopt 1 bat: $25

🦇 Adopt 3 bats: $60

🦇 Sponsor a colony: $150

(Note: Your adopted bat will stay in the wild—it’s a symbolic adoption, but the impact is real!)

What kind of bat can you adopt?

• Little Brown Myotis Bat
• Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat
• Hoary Bat

Want to do more? Sponsor a bat box for $150 and provide a safe home for a colony. You’ll receive get a sponsorship certificate, a bat sticker, information about the little brown bat, and the knowledge you’ve helped bats find a cozy new place to roost.

Why support bats? Bats are our ecosystem superheroes! They control insect populations, pollinate plants, and help spread seeds. However, they face severe threats such as habitat loss, disease, pesticides, and climate change. Unfortunately, they have also gained an undeserved bad reputation!

There is real danger in the lack of understanding about bats and their essential role in the ecosystem. The more we educate ourselves about bats and overcome stereotypes and fear, the sooner we can ensure their safety in our community.

By becoming better informed about bats—their needs, behaviors, and how we can coexist safely—we can help support them in this region. 

By adopting a bat, you’re helping HAT:

🦇 Educate communities about bat conservation and bust bat myths

🦇 Provide safe bat evictions for homeowners

🦇 Build bat boxes for displaced bat colonies

🦇 Support bat research and protection through BC Bat Count initiatives

This is part of HAT’s commitment to the BC Community Bat Program. As the organization responsible for coordinating the Southern Vancouver Island chapter of the BC Community Bat Program, HAT aims to share information about the importance of bats and encourage residents to get to know these often misunderstood members of our ecological community.

Become a bat buddy between October 24 to December 20. Whether you’re adopting solo or gathering friends to sponsor a whole colony, every little bit helps.

Thank you for supporting our local bats!