Salt Lake County Health Department is reminding people to avoid contact with bats after two found have tested positive for the infectious viral disease rabies.
"As teachers were coming back into the building, one of the teachers reported a rattling in the air conditioning," Salt Lake City School District spokesperson Yándary Chatwin told the TV station."They looked inside the unit and there was a nest inside that HVAC unit."Healthy bats are generally not considered dangerous to humans, but rabid ones may behave erratically and be found in areas where they otherwise might not be found.
Officials advised that anyone who sees a bat on the ground or in an unexpected location should report it to local animal control, and be sure not to try to catch, harm, or otherwise touch it, and keep children and pets from getting close to it.State law prohibits intentionally harming bats, due to them being considered a valuable part of Utah's ecosystem.
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