{"id":238509,"date":"2026-04-20T04:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238509\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T04:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:40:13","slug":"rabies-confirmed-in-loxahatchee-after-bat-hiding-in-shoe-bites-resident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238509\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabies confirmed in Loxahatchee after bat hiding in shoe bites resident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Rabies has been confirmed in the Arden community of Loxahatchee after a bat hiding inside a shoe bit a resident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.pbc.gov\/publicsafety\/animalcare\/pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Animal Care and Control<\/a> says the incident happened near the 600 block of Hookline Circle. The bat later tested positive for rabies on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The victim reported the bite and is now undergoing treatment, per reports.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rabies has been confirmed in the Arden community of Loxahatchee after a bat hiding inside a shoe bit a resident. (Getty Images, Palm Beach Animal Care and Control)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/85d4584b-60a9-4773-9e32-ab6c4cc9ee9b-UntitledInstagramPost4544.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rabies has been confirmed in the Arden community of Loxahatchee after a bat hiding inside a shoe bit a resident. (Getty Images, Palm Beach Animal Care and Control)<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/court-adds-aggravated-stalking-charge-in-riviera-beach-fedex-homicide-case-west-blue-heron-boulevard-shotspotter-alert-gunfire-report-homicide-investigation-west-palm-beach-arrest-sunoco-gas-station-arrest-surveillance-video-evidence-witness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Court adds aggravated stalking charge in Riviera Beach FedEx homicide case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials are urging people in Arden to keep pets indoors or within secure, fenced areas.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Public safety leaders warn that rabies is a deadly virus that can affect both humans and animals if left untreated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Rabies has been confirmed in the Arden community of Loxahatchee after a bat hiding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-238509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}