Recommended Videos The last day to legally bat-proof a Florida home is April 15, and experts recommend identifying and sealing holes as small as a human thumb, which bats can use to squeeze through.

With the official start of fall over the weekend, the Douglas County Health Department wanted to remind people bats are more active this time a year which poses a rabies risk. Manfred considering ...

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and bat-proofing the home, health officials said. Most people won’t have contact with a rabid bat, but any direct contact with a bat should be considered a potential rabies exposure. Bat bites ...