{"id":283466,"date":"2026-05-07T22:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283466\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:26:31","slug":"rabies-positive-bat-confirmed-in-tornillo-county-shares-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283466\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabies-positive bat confirmed in Tornillo; county shares safety tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORNILLO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \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). Avoid contact with wildlife, especially bats. Report animals acting unusually or aggressively. 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<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/sun-metro-to-hold-public-meetings-on-summer-service-changes?SRC=LINK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sun Metro to hold public meetings on summer service changes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORNILLO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso County Animal Welfare has confirmed a rabies-positive bat in Tornillo over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-283466","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\/283466","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=283466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}