Bat populations worldwide face threats from habitat loss, pesticides, wind turbines, and white-nose syndrome, affecting millions of individual animals.
Bats facing white-nose syndrome die from a prolonged, progressive illness that depletes fat reserves during hibernation. The disease causes massive mortality with millions of individual animals dying each year. Protecting bat roosts, reducing pesticide exposure, and supporting white-nose syndrome research protects both individual bat welfare and the ecosystem services they provide.