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Speak Out for Our Bats

Scary Times for Bats

North America’s bats are in trouble. A mysterious disease called white-nose syndrome has already claimed the lives of an estimated one million of these often misunderstood flying mammals. The spread of this terrible disease shows no sign of slowing, with white-nose syndrome killing nearly 100% of the bats at some hibernating sites.

To save our bats from this emerging disease, Defenders of Wildlife is calling on Congress for emergency action.

Lend your voice to the fight to save our bats. Urge your U.S. Representative to support critical research funding to fight White Nose Syndrome and protect America’s bats.


Speak Out for Our Bats

Bats play an essential role in healthy ecosystems and should be protected.

These often misunderstood animals -- the world’s only mammals that truly fly -- can consume up to one-third of their own body weight in insects that might otherwise transmit diseases or threaten our forests and crops. 

Unfortunately, an emerging disease is killing North America’s bats. The mysterious white-nose syndrome has already claimed the lives of an estimated one million bats, yet scientists still know very little about how to stop -- or even slow -- the spread of this terrible disease.

Help save our bats! Urge your U.S. Representative and Senators to support vital steps to fight white-nose syndrome

http://action.defenders.org/actforbats