Need-2-Know: Bats in Ontario

If you find dead bats around your home, or in other areas, that do not appear injured or traumatized, contact the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative so they can assess whether surveillance testing for other diseases (like white-nose syndrome) may be needed.  It is not necessary to test bats for rabies unless they have been in contact with a person or domestic animal, as rabies is known to be present at a low level in all bat populations in North America (which is what makes bats a high-risk rabies reservoir species).

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