San Francisco health officials have notified Marina residents that an ailing bat found on a sidewalk at Mallorca Way and Beach Street intersection Saturday night later tested positive for rabies.
The bat, which was shooed out of a nearby home, was on the sidewalk from approximately 7:30 p.m. to
9 p.m. Anyone who may have come into contact with the bat should call the Department of Public Health.
Animal Care and Control scooped up the bat and turned it over to the DPH, where the winged mammal tested positive for rabies. It was put down as part of standard procedure for all rabies tests.
There isn’t a great sense of concern for the disease spreading, since it is unlikely anyone touched the towel the bat was wrapped into, but officials are urging caution nonetheless, said Eileen Shields of the DPH.
