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Groups Request Special Protections For Beleaguered Bats

By Pat Bradley

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Richmond, VT – A group of scientists and environmental groups have asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to put special protections on the once-common little brown bat because it is being threatened with extinction by white-nose syndrome. WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.