Lubbock officials are waving a big red flag after several rabid bats were found around town. The advice is pretty simple: don’t touch the flying bags of teeth and disease. Seems obvious, but apparently we needed the PSA.
Steven Green from Lubbock Animal Services reminded everyone that even a bat that looks cute, harmless, or half-dead could be packing rabies. Translation: if it’s flapping around your living room, that’s not a Disney moment—it’s a health emergency.
The city offered a handy guide: don’t pick up bats (shocking, I know), keep kids and pets away, call Animal Services if one moves in, vaccinate your pets, and if you actually let a bat scratch or bite you, go to the doctor immediately because rabies isn’t just a bad fever—it’s basically game over without treatment.
So, between the shootings, potholes, and now rabid bats, Lubbock really is the full package. Who needs “Keep Austin Weird” when we’ve got “Keep Lubbock Foaming at the Mouth”?
