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Courtesy: Al Hicks, N.Y. D.E.C.Dorset, Vermont - February 19, 2008
Another bat habitat in Vermont is infected with a disease that is killing thousands of bats here and in New York.
It's called White Nose Syndrome-- named for the white circle of fungus around the noses of affected bats. It was first discovered last year in eastern New York. 11,000 bats died.
Now, a second outbreak in Vermont this year has been reported-- this time in a cave in Dorset. Wildlife experts don't know what causes the syndrome or how it is spread.
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