WASHINGTON - June 4, 2009 - State and independent experts told two House subcommittees
Thursday that more money and manpower are needed to stop the spread
of white-nose syndrome. It is named for the whitish dusting the
fungus creates on bats' noses, ears and wings.
First detected in 2007 in an upstate New York cave, the fungus
has spread to nine states and killed between 500,000 and 1 million
bats, mostly common species.
Recently, it spread to areas close to some of the largest and
most endangered bat populations in the U.S. Some caves have been
closed to people hoping to prevent spread of the fungus.
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