{"id":281258,"date":"2026-05-06T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281258\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:01:07","slug":"bat-tests-positive-for-rabies-in-tornillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281258\/","title":{"rendered":"Bat tests positive for rabies in Tornillo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOCORRO, TEXAS \u2014 El Paso County Animal Welfare has confirmed a rabies-positive bat in Tornillo over the weekend, but officials say there is no sign of widespread risk to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The agency is urging residents to stay cautious, noting that rabies exists in local wildlife and that awareness can help protect people, families and pets.<\/p>\n<p>El Paso County Animal Welfare recommended several steps to reduce risk:<\/p>\n<p> Keep pets\u2019 rabies vaccinations up to date (every year).<\/p>\n<p> Avoid contact with wildlife, especially bats.<\/p>\n<p> Report animals acting unusually or aggressively.<\/p>\n<p> Never handle dead animals; report them instead.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who sees a dead or injured animal, or notices concerning behavior, is asked to call El Paso County Animal Welfare at 915-546-2280 or the Socorro Animal Control Department at 915-858-9237.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOCORRO, TEXAS \u2014 El Paso County Animal Welfare has confirmed a rabies-positive bat in Tornillo over the weekend,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-281258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}