A deadly virus that has claimed the lives of local villagers has been traced to the spotted fruit bat, in which the virus resides between periodic outbreaks  Biologists speculate that the bat might also be one of the reservoirs for a number of other viruses that have led to village fatalities  The local government has proposed to eliminate the spotted fruit bat by cutting off passageways that allow the bat to emerge from its caves
Once the bat is unable to emerge from the caves, the government will have achieved its objective of reducing the number of village deaths attributable to viruses
Though there are several other species of fruit bats in the area, the spotted fruit bat is the only one that serves as a reservoir for deadly viruses, which result in a majority of the village's fatalities.