The Associated Press: N.Y. group asks caves nationwide to be closed due to bat deaths
Scott Crocoll holds a dead Indiana bat in an abandoned mine in Rosendale, N.Y.
Photo credit: Associated Press
An advocacy group alarmed over the mass die-off of bats with white-nose syndrome asked the Department of Interior today to close all bat caves and mines on federal land nationwide. The Center for Biological Diversity made the request in a petition to Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar. The center also asked for endangered species protection for two types of bat hit hard by white-nose — the eastern small-footed bat and the northern long-eared bat.
Follow these links to read more about white-nose syndrome:
- Wild New Jersey Exclusive: A night at Bat Wing Farm
- Wild New Jersey Exclusive: Senator Lautenberg calls for bat disease survey urgency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife: Cave closures likely key to slowing deadly white-nose syndrome spread
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 1/25/2010 7:00 AM 
Categories: Bats
Tags: caves bats new york eastern small footed bat white-nose syndrome northern long eared bat
Categories: Bats
Tags: caves bats new york eastern small footed bat white-nose syndrome northern long eared bat
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