Comments on: Bat White Nose Deaths “Unprecedented”

By: alyce

alyce — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:34:32 +0000

march 2,2009
my daughter lives in dover, n.j.. she found a dying a dying bat in her basement. she reports that a number of people in the area have reported finding dead or dying bats. she lives near “mine hill, nj”…where there are old, abandoned mines. how did the bat get in her basement? don’t know.first the birds, then the bees, now the bats…
nuff said.

By: fred

fred — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:46:59 +0000

So far, no known human risk–just as there is no known human illness (known) from whatever it is causing bee colonies to collapse. But the folks studying the bat populations in potentially-affected caves right now are wearing hazmat outfits to be on the safe side.

By: Nancy Leary

Nancy Leary — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:41:25 +0000

We have a bat population that comes to live in our house each early spring until October. (Yes, we have tried many different ways to get them to live outside!) Are you aware of studies being done regarding the effect this disease found in bats might have on humans? Thanks.

By: Amy Hanek

Amy Hanek — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:20:38 +0000

This is the first I have heard of this but I can only imagine the way it will affect our mosquito population in America. I depend on my furry, winged friends to get me through those buggy summer nights bite-free or close to it.

By: bluemountainmama

bluemountainmama — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:00:53 +0000

yikes…. that’s the first i’ve heard of this. doesn’t bode well…..

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:08:43 +0000

Please let us know if and when you learn more about this bat death problem. It sounds very bad.