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Deforestation is being blamed for vampire bat attacks in Brazil
Humanist, May-June, 2004 by Karen Ann Gajewski
* Deforestation is being blamed for vampire bat attacks in Brazil. The
health ministry says there were almost three hundred attacks and thirteen
human deaths resulting rabies-carrying vampire bats in March 2004 alone.
Government scientists believe greater avail-ability of livestock and less
vegetation for fruit-eating bats have led to changes in bats' migratory
patterns, affecting their population and behavior.
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