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White-Nose Syndrome Spreads Among Hibernating Cave Bats in Arkansas

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A dead tricolored bat discovered in the winter of 2015 inside a Georgia cave is an apparent victim of white-nose syndrome.
courtesy: Pete Pattavina

A white fungus has killed millions of cave-dwelling bats across the eastern U.S. during the past decade. Now, white-nose syndrome is spreading across the Ozarks. We hear from two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service white-nose syndrome experts about the federal government's response to the bat-killing epidemic, and we hear from an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission mammal expert about the disease's impact in Arkansas.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.