New York Times Bat Op Ed - an update

[cavedivingwoman]

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/1...icas-bats.html

by NSS member and cave author Michael Ray Taylor

[bigdave]

Personally, I think the NSS is right and WNS is going to have to run its course.

WNS is still spreading despite the best efforts, and seems likely to continue to do so.

An annual count of one treated tunnel is not going to provide any meaningful data. Even if the treatment works, it can only slow the progression of the disease and not stop it.

The good news seems to be that the bats in Europe have survived and recovered.

http://blogs.plos.org/ecology/2017/0...-bat-specimen/