Bats Released after Treatment for WNS Last Winter (IMAGE)

USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station

Bats Released after Treatment for WNS Last Winter

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Sybill Amelon, USDA Forest Service research wildlife biologist, and representatives of Bat Conservation International, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Missouri Department of Conservation hand-released bats on Tuesday at Mark Twain Cave Complex near Hannibal, Mo. The bats were part of research on a natural inhibitor of White-nose Syndrome over the past winter.

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Katie Gillies, Bat Conservation International.

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