Canadian Bat Scientists Urge Swift Designation of Endangered Bats

A letter from three of Canada’s leading bat biologists to federal Environment Minister Peter Kent, urging him to expedite the emergency assessment of COSEWIC that recommends that three Canadian bat species, including Alberta’s most common bat, the Little Brown Myotis, be listed as Endangered. These bats are experiencing rapid and drastic population declines in eastern and central Canada from spreading White-nose Syndrome.