Cave Activity Discouraged to Help Protect Bats from Deadly White-nose Syndrome

Cavers should curtail their activities to avoid the possible spread of white-nose syndrome in bats, according to a Service cave advisory. WNS is likely being carried from cave to cave by human activity. Biologists hope the voluntary moratorium will buy time in the search for the cause and cure of this deadly malady killing hundreds of thousands of bats from Vermont to Virginia.

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