White-Nose Syndrome - Quebec

The WNS is an emerging disease of bats in North America. Since 2007, it causes mass mortalities of bats in the North-Eastern United States. The spread of the disease seems epidemic, and new hibernaculum are affected each winter.

On April the 13th 2010, The ministry of Ressources naturelles et Faune (MRNF = Natural ressources and Wildlife of Quebec) released a note informing that bats affected by the WNS were found in Quebec through the active surveillance program of WNS.

more information on the following websites :

MRNF:
http://www.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/english/home.jsp

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast region:
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/white_nose.html