Feds: White-Nose Sydrome Killed
Nearly 6 Million Bats in US, Canada

Scientists studying white nose syndrome in bats estimate the ailment has killed at least 5.7 million bats in the U.S. and Canada.

White nose is caused by a fungus that prompts bats to wake from their winter hibernation and die after they fly into the cold air in a search for insects.

White-nose syndrome was first identified in upstate New York in 2006, and since then has been found along the Eastern seaboard from New Hampshire to North Carolina, as well as in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. It also has been detected in four Canadian provinces.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the new estimate shows the severity of the threat to bats.

Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Read the news release here.


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