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Request Seeks To Put Caves Off Limits

Posted 2009-04-06

VDGIF Confirms ‘White-Nose Syndrome' In Bats

By Jenny Jones

HARRISONBURG - State environmental officials are asking people to stay out of caves after tests confirmed the presence of a mysterious deadly disease in state bats. According to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, bats from Breathing Cave in Bath County and Clover Hollow Cave in Giles County tested positive for "white-nose syndrome." The disease, named for the white fungus that commonly appears on infected bats' muzzles, has killed hundreds o...

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