{"id":281458,"date":"2026-05-06T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281458\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:13:15","slug":"caution-urged-as-rabies-positive-bat-found-in-tornillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281458\/","title":{"rendered":"Caution urged as rabies-positive bat found in Tornillo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:KTSM;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 El Paso County Animal Welfare confirms a rabies-positive bad in Tornillo, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There is no sign of widespread risk to the public, according to a statement posted to Facebook from the City of Socorro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rabies exists in local wildlife and staying cautious helps protect you, your family, and your pets, officials warn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stay safe with these steps:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Keep your pets\u2019 rabies vaccinations up to date (every year)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Avoid contact with wildlife, especially bats<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Report animals acting unusually or aggressively<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never handle dead animals; report them instead<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"478\" height=\"719\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dff2884011541683b4937fbc387120c7.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you see a dead or injured animal, or notice concerning behavior, call El Paso County Animal Welfare or Socorro Animal Control Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 El Paso County Animal Welfare confirms a rabies-positive bad in Tornillo, Texas. There&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4507,138,1060,140,139,5893,27,103789],"class_list":["post-281458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-animal-welfare","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-county","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-facebook","tag-texas","tag-tornillo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281458","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=281458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}