White Nose Syndrome is a disease affecting bat populations. It is caused by a cold-loving fungus that thrives in caves and mines where bats hibernate in winter. The disease has killed over 1 million bats and continues to spread rapidly. More research is needed to develop a cure, but possibilities include a vaccination that could be spread in a mist to protect large numbers of bats. Increased government funding would support further studies aimed at controlling this disease.

1. White Nose Syndrome By Ben Hicks

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8. gov’t funding. some kind of vaccination in a form or mist that we could spread at very large rates. more research befor we can talk about a cure.

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