SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Recent visitors of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park may have come in contact with a wild bat that later tested positive for rabies, according to county health officials Saturday.
The bat was found in the Escondido zoo on Monday, Sept. 23 around 2:15 p.m. The county notes it was not one of the bats residing in a habitat at the Safari Park.
According to the county, a Safari Park team member saw the bat fall from a roof and land in an employee section of the Africa Tram loading area, which is not accessible by the public. It was collected safely and transported to a local rehabilitation facility where it later died…