Texas Sanctuaries Accuse Mall Manager of Cruelty After Bats Left To Die

Two Texas wildlife rescue groups have taken to social media to call out the alleged actions of Jason Moore, the Operations Manager of the Mall of Abilene. Both Bat World Sanctuary and Big Country Wildlife Rehabilitation Center have called the actions of Mr. Moore "cruel" and have claimed that they led to the preventable death of bats that had been sealed out of their roost.

He has used threats to kill bats and has already killed some. Because he sealed them in, many of the trapped bats, in trying to find a way out, have now ended up inside the mall where they are also in more danger of being killed by Mr. Moore. While we were there, Mr. Moore berated his employees as well as actual customers entering the mall. He was rude to everyone, us included, even though we did him a huge favor at no charge.

Judging from this version of events, the entire situation arose from Mr. Moore's actions, that is, sealing the bat's exits to their roost inside the mall. Apparently, he continued to make bad decisions in regard to the safety of the bats- and even the clientele of the mall. Of course, we only have this side of the story.

Well, one side with screenshots of a text conversation that contains a confession of killing at least two bats through negligence.

Big Country Wildlife Rehabilitation Center posted the text conversation that they claim took place between themselves and Mr. Moore, in which Mr. Moore admits to putting two bats into a box that he left in his truck. They of course died from heat exhaustion.