Rabies Vaccine Baits to be Dropped on Staten Island Due to a rise in animals testing positive for rabies in New York City and the surrounding areas, the NYC Health Department is organizing for rabies vaccine baits to be dropped in ma[...] Read more
Bats Hunted in England by Noble False Widow! A spider eating a bat? Yes, this may sound crazy, but it has happened!Â
Scientists have recorded a noble false widow spider preying on bats for the first time.
The discovery was made in S[...] Read more
Recently, news stations reported that a rabid bat had been found dead in a barn in Cedarville, Stephenson County, northwest of Chicago. Bats use farm buildings for nesting and roosting; they take advantage of bat-friendly features such as eaves[...] Read more
Have you found a bat on your porch? Or perhaps you’ve noticed droppings? Does this mean bats have found their way into your attic? Not necessarily.
Porches and overhangs make excellent roosting spots. After feeding, bats will often lan[...] Read more
Can you imagine waking up to what you think is a bird flying around in your bedroom, only to discover it’s a bat? And then to be told that your apartment wall is the home to 1000s of Mexican free-tailed bats? Well, there’s at least one woma[...] Read more
Way back in 2012, we were contacted by a hospital that was in a panic. They had a big problem; bats in patient rooms.
This problem wasn’t nearly as bad before it became something employees regularly had to deal with. The employees felt they werenâ[...] Read more
A few months ago, we wrote a blog about the first human rabies death in Utah since 1944Â . A Utah man and his wife lived with a bat infestation in their home for many years. They would occasionally get a bat in the living space of the house and[...] Read more