Friday, 15 June 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (33): Americas, USA (MN) bat, comment

Rabies -- United States
As a bat rehabilitator, this recommendation, to take a possibly injured animal and fling it high into the air and hope it doesn't crash and exacerbate any existing injury or die on impact, seems unnecessary and inhumane. I get injured bats into care on a regular basis, from people who have rescued them safely with leather gloves and a cloth, and many of these bats with wrist or elbow injuries cannot fly well if at all. Most bats also go into daily torpor, and are incapable of flying if their

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5858003&promed&0

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