Some kids should be locked up until they are about 25 for their own protection. I thought everyone knew you are not supposed to touch sick bats or skunks or possums or foxes or coyotes or stray dogs, etc etc etc.
"I thought everyone knew you are not supposed to touch sick bats or skunks or possums or foxes or coyotes or stray dogs, etc etc etc."
Well, they were being so cruel they probably didn't give it a thought if the bat was sick. Some young gal died recently, she'd encountered a bat and got a very slight scratch from it, she thought nothing of it, it didn't even break the skin. But she got rabies and died.
I called NJ Animal control after my daughter (DESPITE MY WARNINGS) got a wee scratch from a stray cat. The fellow told me I was not over reacting to call and to watch the cat for 10 days and if the cat was still OK it was ok. So we did that and she was fine.
I HOPE she remembers that lesson, but I will remind her yet again. I used to always pet stray cats, but now I won't go near them. Dogs, bats, all the rest were right out from the start.