A little brown bat, the most common type in Alaska, is seen after it was captured at Fish Creek on Douglas Island and tagged by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
To date, after over half a century of testing, only six cases of rabies in bats have been documented in Alaska, all in the Southeast region, said the bulletin, issued by the department’s epidemiology section. All affected bats were either dead or were behaving abnormally when found, the bulletin said. The most recent case was found last June in a silver-haired bat on Douglas Island near Juneau.
Any bat seen on the ground or acting abnormally should be reported to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the bulletin said., mostly in Southeast, according to the department. The most common in Alaska is the little brown bat.