Rabid bat found in Austin elementary student pocket jacket



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By Caleb Downs, mySanAntonio.com

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  • According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student harbored a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road. Photo: The Bat Conservation International / THE WASHINGTON POST

    According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student harbored a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road.

    According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student harbored a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road.


    Photo: Bat Conservation International

  • According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student harbored a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road. Photo: Google Maps

    According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student harbored a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road.

    According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student harbored a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road.


    Photo: Google Maps

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Photo: Bat Conservation International

According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student harbored a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road.

According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student harbored a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road.



Photo: Bat Conservation International

Rabid bat found in Austin elementary student pocket jacket


An elementary school student in Austin appears to have gotten a little too much into Halloween spirit last week.

According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, the student had a rabid bat in their pocket jacket Oct. 26 while on campus at Sycamore Springs Elementary School in the 14000 block of Sawyer Ranch Road.


When the student was "tossing the jacket around," according to the statement.

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Deputies responded to the school and confiscated the bat. They feel it to the Department of State Health Services, which has been positive for the rabies virus.

The Hays County Sheriff 's Office asks that anyone should contact the office of the Animal Control Unit at 512-393-7896 The Department of State Health Services Zoonosis Control at 254-778-6744.


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