Ukrainians are using the release of bats as a symbolic act to mark the arrival of spring and demonstrate resilience during the war.

Ukrainians find glimmer of hope in war time by releasing hundreds of bats into the wild Over the weekend more than 1,000 spectators gathered in Ukraine to carefully open cloth bags and release dozens of rescued bats into the air. Alona Pryslutska, co-founder of the Ukrainian Bat Rehab Center, says not even the war is stopping this unconventional marker of the arrival of spring. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/ukraine-bat-release-festival-9.7128068?cmp=rss

Ukrainians find glimmer of hope in war time by releasing hundreds of bats into the wild Over the weekend more than 1,000 spectators gathered in Ukraine to carefully open cloth bags and release dozens of rescued bats into the air. Alona Pryslutska, co-founder of the Ukrainian Bat Rehab Center, says not even the war is stopping this unconventional marker of the arrival of spring. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/ukraine-bat-release-festival-9.7128068?cmp=rss

Ukrainians mark the arrival of spring by releasing bats into the air, rescued from war Over the weekend more than 1,000 spectators gathered in Ukraine to carefully open cloth bags and release dozens of rescued bats into the air. Alona Pryslutska, co-founder of the Ukrainian Bat Rehab Center, tells As It Happens guest host Dave Seglins not even the war is stopping this unconventional marker of the arrival of Spring. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7154290?cmp=rss