Bats in the Great Smoky Mountains are getting wiped out by disease. 400,000 have died from white-nose syndrome in nine states, including Tennessee. It's a fungus that can be spread by humans to bats. The National Park is immediately closing its 17 caves, to protect the bats that hibernate there.
read more in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
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