Bat Population At Risk, Implications

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection officials are concerned about a large number of bats being killed off by an illness while they hibernate.
The White Nose Syndrome attacks hibernating bats and has caused what appears to be 90 percent mortality.

DEP Commissioner Gina McCarthy says the impact of the deaths will be felt by people in a few months as "fewer bats will be out to eat mosquitoes and other flying insects."