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Disease wipes out bat colony

It's a total loss for Bucks County's bat population.

Of the 10,000 bats that have hibernated in an abandoned iron ore mine in Durham for generations, only about 200 bats are still alive.

Durham's bats became infected with White Nose Syndrome, a mysterious disease that's killing off bat colonies at an alarming rate across Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.

PhillyBurbs.com
01 May 2011
Location: Durham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA - Map It

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Virus kills crow, raising concerns about West Nile

After one of the rainiest winters in years, West Nile virus has made an early appearance in Santa Clara County in 2011, with confirmation coming Friday that a crow has become the first casualty of the disease.

And with warmer temperatures on the way, officials worry that the South Bay has all the ingredients to make this summer one of the worst for the virus.

Tuesday's discovery of a dead crow in Sunnyvale came more than two weeks earlier than 2010's first reported sign of the West Nile virus.

MercuryNews.com - www.mercurynews.com
30 Apr 2011
S Ravindran
Location: Santa Clara County, California, USA - Map It

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Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center Updated

USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death.

This information was updated on April 26, 2011 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide.

Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.

USGS National Wildlife Health Center
01 May 2011
Area: United States

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