Reuters reports that Noura Lifschitz has turned her tiny Tel Aviv apartmentwith a dimly-lit gallery in the bohemian section of the city into a shelter for injured bats.
As she and two young volunteers cut fruits, some of the 70 bats she keeps hang from the ceiling cuddling teddy bears while others hold fast to the walls covered with guano, the scientific name for bat poop.
"Now it's my house and it's soon to be the first Israeli bat rescue shelter for fruit bats, Egyptian fruit bats," said Lifschitz.
According to Reuters, along with food, water and the occasional teddy bear, Lifschitz also provides the bats with medical care.
"We have here 70 bats that are injured or exhausted or orphaned babies".
According to Reuters, her goal now is to save the bats, nurture them back to health, and then release them back into the wild.
"I decided to help the fruit bats because no one helped them and then I started one bat after another and now it became like a huge thing with 70 bats and a new rescue place and we have like volunteers that bring bats from all over the country," said Lifschitz.
She added that she hopes they will all fly again one day.
She first came into the public eye after starting an internet campaign in an effort to raise money to build a proper shelter for her bats.
The campaigned successfully has raised $15,363 USD, Reuters reports.
