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Source: Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department needs public help to locate a person who would be exposed to a rabid bat earlier this week in Santa Barbara. The person is described as a tall, slender, Caucasian woman, aged 45 to 70, with short gray hair.
On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 10 am, two men were approached by the woman at the corner of Sola Street and Anacapa Street in Santa Barbara, near Alameda Park. She handed them a box containing a bat that had been captured and asked them to bring it back to Animal Services, which both men did. The animal department has sent the bat for her to test the rabies virus.
If you are the person who captured the bat or if you have information about this incident, you should call the Public Health Department at 805-681-5280 during or after business hours.
There is no threat to the public since it is an isolated incident. The Department of Public Health advises the public to know wild animals. Do not approach, handle or feed wild animals and
unknown animals, even if they seem tame. Any bite of a wild or unknown animal should be considered as a possible source of rabies. Rabies is a very serious disease and is almost always fatal in humans if it is not treated before the onset of symptoms.
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