Rabid Bats Found in Lake County
Health Department advises residents to beware of bats behaving strangely.
A bat killed by two cats in a Lake Villa home tested positively for rabies on May 20 and another bat found outside a Waukegan dog kennel also tested positively for rabies on May 23. The cats were given rabies booster shots and the dogs were determined to not have had contact with the bat, according to a news release from the Lake County Health Department. The Lake County Health Department is urging residents to avoid contact with bats. "We are urging people to be careful. Rabies are something you don’t want to mess around with because it's almost always fatal," said Mike Adam, senior biologist for the Lake County Health Department. Leslie Piotrowski, Lake County Health Department spokesperson, said bats are most active between June and …
