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Not just WNS

by ArCaver » May 17, 2010 9:48 pm

It's interesting that a species of bat on the other side of the globe is going extinct from unknown causes while several N.A. species are dying from a poorly understood syndrome.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/ ... 2009-02-16
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0603-hanc ... s_bat.html

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Re: Not just WNS

by PYoungbaer » May 21, 2010 6:52 am

Thanks for these articles. I couldn't help but noticing that the proposal for a captive breeding colony was nixed as an untried and risky initiative.

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Re: Not just WNS

by ArCaver » May 21, 2010 9:07 pm

PYoungbaer wrote:Thanks for these articles. I couldn't help but noticing that the proposal for a captive breeding colony was nixed as an untried and risky initiative.

Now they can say it's tried and risky.

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