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Article: Bats dying off across western Maine
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- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- July 19, 2008
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RANGELEY - A mysterious disorder is killing hibernating bats by
the thousands from New York to Vermont.
That has Bill Elliott worried about Maine's bat population. The
owner of Maine Bat Control makes his living ridding houses and
buildings across the state of bats and preventing re-entry.
The illness, called white-nose syndrome, has not been found in
Maine, but state wildlife officials have received reports of dead
bats being found in western and central areas.
Because bats migrate, they could have been exposed, Elliott said.
"It's scary, because they do us a good service."
One bat can eat as many as 3,000 flying insects a night during
the summer, but females only produce one bat pup a ...