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Lubee Bat Conservancy (formerly called The Lubee Foundation, Inc.) was founded as a non-profit (501-c-3) organization in 1989 by the late Luis F. Bacardi, a Bacardi rum family member with a strong passion for endangered wildlife and a particular fondness of bats. The name "Lubee" is derived from Luis F. Bacardi’s nickname “Lu B”. Luis Bacardi devoted his life to the preservation of endangered species, and played a key role in ensuring a future for flying foxes throughout the Pacific. In 1989, Lubee’s support of a landmark conference held in the Pacific Islands resulted in Lubee becoming signatory to The Pacific Island Flying Fox Declaration, pledging to safeguard against the over-exploitation of flying foxes and against the loss of the rain forests upon which flying foxes depend and maintain. Luis Bacardi's dream of helping animals continues through his legacy, Lubee.
Lubee's headquaters is based just north of Gainesville in Florida, USA. It was previously known as Woodshaven Farm. The site was originally used as a field station for the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and now houses 15 species of fruit bats and a total of over 400 bats. Lubee Bat Conservancy maintains a close collaboration with the University of Florida's Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and the Department of Wildlife and Conservation today. Visiting scientists and graduate students from many other universities regularly conduct research on bats housed at the Conservancy’s facilities.
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