[MEBC-Butterfly] Bats Need your help!
- From: Anne Whittemore <anne.whittemore@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Mountain Empire Butterfly Club <mebc-butterfly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:41:35 -0700 (PDT)
Bats are dying by the hundreds of thousands across eastern North America, and
the disease that’s killing them -- white-nose syndrome -- shows no sign of
slowing down. It’s likely that this fatal, fast-spreading sickness will soon be
killing bats in the Midwest and the South, home to some of the most significant
bat hibernation sites in the world. Left unchecked, white-nose syndrome could
spread even further to populations in the western United States and to bats in
other countries.
Despite the bad rap they sometimes get, bats are vital to ecosystem health, and
therefore to our own survival. Many bats are voracious insect-eaters and have
been shown to curb populations of insects harmful to agriculture and forestry,
while other species are crucial plant pollinators. Losing bats would be
devastating for other wildlife, ecosystems, and humans.
Please, take a moment now to send a message to your members of Congress and
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to urge immediate action on white-nose syndrome.
Lack of funding and an inability to deal with fast-moving ecological
emergencies have stalled an appropriate response to this very real crisis. We
must act now to save bats -- before it’s too late.
Visit http://salsa. democracyinactio n.org/o/2167/ t/5243/campaign.
jsp?campaign_ KEY=27148 to take action.
Thanks,
Anne
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