Fifteen years after its was first discovered in a, white-nose syndrome has decimated the nation’s population of northern long-eared bats, reducing their numbers to almost nothing.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service moved to reclassify the mammals from threatened to endangered after a review found that “white-nose syndrome is expected to affect 100 percent” of the animals by 2025. “White-nose syndrome has caused estimated declines of 97 to 100 percent of affected … populations,” the review said.Endangered species are animals on the path to extinction, while threatened species are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future, the service said.
Fish and Wildlife said it is leading a white-nose syndrome national response team of 150 nongovernmental organizations, tribes, states, federal agencies and other institutions to fight the problem. “Together we are conducting critical white-nose syndrome research and developing management strategies to minimize impacts of the disease and recover affected bat populations,” the statement said.
This is very bad.
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While not in humans, white-noise syndrome has ravaged bat populations. It is important to keep an eye out for infectious diseases that affect animals too! Pitt_id22