A bat showed signs of having rabies at a Providence, Rhode Island, zoo last month, health officials said Friday.
Visitors spotted the bat by the Roger Williams Park Zoo water play area on Aug. 24, the Rhode Island Department of Health said, noting that they’d been informed on Friday, leading to an investigation.
Health official said that a zoo veterinarian had told them there was low risk that humans had been exposed and that the bat was discarded safely, following the zoo’s protocol…