Animal advocates rescued 1,544 bats that went into hypothermic shock during the recent cold snap and plummeted from roosts on two Houston-area bridges.
The bats were released back into their habitats Wednesday night.
Freezing temperatures in the Houston area on Dec. 22 caused the Mexican free-tailed bats, which live on Houston’s Waugh Drive bridge and a bridge in Pearland, Texas, to lose their grips and fall 15-30 feet.
From Friday to Tuesday, 1,544 bats were rescued, according to the Houston Humane Society’s Facebook page.
The bats were put in incubators and given fluids at multiple rescue locations.