Posted on 06/02/2018 6:20:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The bat, found near the Como Lakeside Pavilion, tested positive for rabies, the agency said.
A concerned citizen contacted the state Health Department about a woman who had handled the animal. Signs were posted in the area telling people about the rabid bat, and the woman came forward after seeing the notices circulating on social media.
"If someone has been bitten or exposed to a bat, it is very important to test the bat for rabies," Dr. Joni Scheftel, state public health veterinarian, said in the news release. "If this is not possible, rabies prevention shots should be given as soon as possible."
The Health Department said the situation should serve as a reminder of the danger of the disease, which is transmitted through bites from infected animals.
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Even worse than being bitten... did it fly into her hair and get tangled. Duck!
Don’t know the details here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s a Leftist ‘animal lover’ who just had to help the poor bat out.
If so, serves her right.
If I remember correctly a young boy died from rabies recently after he handled an infected bat.
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Dunno. But if it’d been me, the little guy would have been handled with the business end of a shovel.
“”If I remember correctly a young boy died from rabies recently after he handled an infected bat.””
I believe that’s accurate - his father put it in a bucket and said, “don’t touch it.”
Great headline!
It makes me think that maybe there would be no problem if she had handled the bat in Minneapolis, rather than in St. Paul.
Never take a possible exposure to rabies for granted. I’ve gone through the post exposure vaccinations twice.
Correct. The parents didn’t take him to the hospital because the kid was afraid of getting shots. Tragic.
A few years ago I had to cut down a dead tall fir tree from the top down between our garage and the neighbors house. At about the 80ft level I noticed an unusual bump on a limb.
When I brushed it with gloved hat it fell from the tree and augured into the ground. When I got down from the tree it was lying motionless so I thought it was dead. I put it in a bucket so I could dispose of it where our dogs would not find it. But when I looked into the bucket an hour or so later it had regained consciousness and it flew out of the bucket hitting my face as it left.
He was a cute little guy and I am glad to have them around here helping to keep the population of mosquitos and other flying pests under control. It is thought that racoons, possums, squirrels, skunks and foxes typically have a higher percentage of their populations infected with rabies than bats. But if you find a bat on the ground there is almost certainly something wrong with it and that something could easily be rabies.
I was unaware the Texas Rangers were playing in Minnesota this week. With no starter hitting above .270, and leading the league in whiffs at the plate, their bats must be diseased.
I was walking down our driveway a few years ago when a beautiful fox came out of the woods. I stood still and he trotted past me toward the house. I was worried that he might be rabid, but he looked very healthy. We’ve lived here since 2002 and this was the first time I’d seen him.
Some years ago, I was attending a wedding when a bat started flying back and forth at the ceiling of the chapel Everyone went up for Communion with their heads tucked firmly down from their shoulders.
I was charmed and asked my fiancé if we could get a bat released at our wedding.
He said no and married me anyway.
Smart man
We have 1/3 of an acre with a large pool on the backside. At dusk you can stand on our patio and watch the bats flitting across the pool eating bugs (I guess). Have never found one dead or on the ground but definitely know not to touch one. We also have large tree rats. We poison them so occasionally find one semi dead or dead. Hubby picks them up with a shovel for the trash. We have a dog whose motto is....if it’s in my yard it dies. Over 2 years she has killed 5 of the rats. She doesn’t eat them just kills them and then stands over them proudly. lol
went to a health clinic two years ago- while i was waiting in waiting room- a man and woman came in with bite marks all over their legs and hands- i heard them describing what happened- they were going to beach down a wooded pathway and a fox came out and started attacking their cooler- then it turned on them- the man tried to fight off the fox, but the fox kept latching onto the woman and wouldn’t let go- finally the woman had to strangle the fox- the man threw the fox in his car and drove to the health clinic- apparently the fox had been seen in the area snarling at people previously-
Apparently rabies shots aren’t nearly as painful as they used to be-
When my granddaughter was about 4 , she picked up a dead bat at her preschool playground. She thought it was a Halloween decoration. Thankfully , she showed it to her teacher who told har to drop it, washed her hands and called the Health Dept. After examination it was determined that it was rabid and she had to undergo the shots. Fortunately, they’re not as bad as they used to be and she was a real trouper.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s a Leftist ‘animal lover’ “
“Oh look honey, there’s a bat on the ground and it looks like he’s having trouble taking off. Pick him up...maybe we can help him fly. Toss him up into the air...gently.”
“Think we should take him home, nurse him back to health? Is there a bat rescue organization nearby?”
“Oh look honey, there’s a bat on the ground and it looks like he’s having trouble breathing... Quick give it mouth to mouth”
That is sure scary. Glad your granddaughter was brave. I think I would have been pretty nervous and it would have shown.
A bat got in our daughter’s house somehow a year or so ago. Our 8 year old grandson noticed it on a bedroom wall when he went to bed. His dad shooed him out of the room, grabbed a bath towel, caught the sucker, ran downstairs, flung open the front door and threw towel and all out into the yard. How lucky he was; grandson and SIL. I can’t believe my daughter saw any of it as she would have been hysterical. I had to hide from her the fact that I hated spiders when she was little but she somehow picked up on it.
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