A Texas family's decision to donate its historic bat cave ensures four million female Mexican free-tailed bats retain a protected place to give birth and raise their pups
- Image AI generatedIn 1990, Richard Phillip Eckert and Virginia Eckert Garrett donated a cave in Mason County, Texas, to The Nature Conservancy in honour of their father and grandfather.
- The gift ensured the bats would be permanently protected.
- According to the Conservancy, about four million female Mexican free-tailed bats now use the Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve each year from May to September, and many give birth to a single pup in June.
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- Image AI generatedIn 1990, Richard Phillip Eckert and Virginia Eckert Garrett donated a cave in Mason County, Texas, to The Nature Conservancy in honour of their father and grandfather.
- The gift ensured the bats would be permanently protected.
- According to the Conservancy, about four million female Mexican free-tailed bats now use the Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve each year from May to September, and many give birth to a single pup in June.
Sources: Times of India