MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — University of Minnesota scientists and design students are teaming up to make bat houses they hope can help raise awareness about the deadly disease that is wiping them out.
Design resident Kelly Munson developed the bat house research project, which she is hoping can “rebrand” the bat and help save it.
Bats are facing a deadly disease called White Nose Syndrome across the eastern part of the United States.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources first discovered White Nose Syndrome in Minnesota last year, and the disease continues to spread west.
As many as six Minnesota counties now have White Nose Syndrome cases, and the disease has cut the population of the bats by as much as 80 percent in many parts of the country.
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