Rabies-positive bat found at Yosemite's Curry Village; park warns visitors

No direct human casualties reported, but potential exposure risk to campground visitors who may have contacted the infected bat.

In the first days of September, a dead bat found at Yosemite's Curry Village tested positive for rabies, drawing a quiet but serious line between the wildness that draws people to the park and the risks that wildness carries. Park officials issued health warnings, but the delay between discovery and public notification raised an older, harder question: in places where thousands sleep beneath open skies, how quickly must the truth travel to keep people safe? Rabies is nearly always fatal once symptoms appear, yet entirely preventable — a fact that makes the timing of information not merely admi

Rabies-positive bat found at Yosemite's Curry Village; park warns visitors

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