ApocaDocs: Sick bats' PR problem could prove to be deadly

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Posted Tue Apr 7 2009: from Boston Globe:


	Sick bats' PR problem could prove to be deadly http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1239121342 To a public raised on vampire movies, bats are loathsome, frightening creatures - blind, flying rodents that all carry rabies, suck human blood, and get impossibly tangled in long hair. None of it is true. But scientists trying to drum up a public outcry - and government funding - to stop a mysterious illness ravaging bat populations from Vermont to Virginia believe these myths are thwarting their efforts. The researchers say they are learning a harsh truth about the public's desire to save animals: Cuteness rules.

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