“This is pretty unusual,” Peninsula Humane Society spokesman Scott Delucchi said Friday. “Whenever we’ve received bats they’re tested (for rabies) and they usually turn up negative.”
Delucchi said the type of bat, a Mexican free-tailed bat, is common in these parts and turns up at the humane society a few dozen times a year. But it is only the second one in a decade that has tested positive for rabies at the humane society. Just one case of rabies “is something to be considered serious,” he said.
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Janet Lawson, a veterinarian with the Coastside Veterinary Clinic who lives in La Honda, said people who have not vaccinated their pets should do so immediately.
“Even horses, cats, indoor cats and dogs need to be vaccinated,” Lawson said.
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