Rabies alert issued after potentially infected bat found at Rhode Island zoo

Potential rabies exposure to zoo visitors or staff who may have contacted the infected bat.

In the managed wilds of Roger Williams Park Zoo, a small creature carried one of nature's oldest and most unforgiving dangers — rabies — reminding us that even curated spaces of public wonder remain threaded through with the untamed. Rhode Island health officials issued an alert on September 12 after a bat at the Providence-area zoo tested positive for the virus, urging anyone who may have crossed paths with the animal to seek care without delay. The incident speaks to a quiet truth: that wildlife and human life share borders far closer than we often acknowledge, and that vigilance, not fear,

Rabies alert issued after potentially infected bat found at Rhode Island zoo

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