It was a ferocious bat that came out of hell.
A kind-hearted California art teacher died of rabies after being bitten by a bat he was trying to rescue in his classroom. ABC30 first reported.
The death of 60-year-old Leah Senen last week was confirmed by Fresno County health officials to be the result of a deadly disease, according to a report.
In mid-October, Senen found the bat in a classroom at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos and tried to save it, his dear friend Laura Sprott told a television news station.
“I don’t know what caused it, whether she thought it was dead or whether it was lying around the classroom and she tried to scoop it up and take it outside,” Splotch told ABC30. .
“She didn’t want to hurt it, but then either she woke up or saw a light or felt something, so she swooped a little bit and took off.”
A month after being bitten by the winged creature, Senen became ill, according to the report.
According to ABC30, Senen’s daughter took him to the hospital, where he died on Nov. 22, four days after doctors put him into a coma.
Splotch organized a GoFundMe that had raised about $1,500 for Sennen’s funeral expenses as of Thursday.
Fresno County health officials did not respond to requests for comment.
Rabies is a rare, deadly but preventable viral disease that kills fewer than 10 people a year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Approximately 60,000 Americans receive post-exposure prophylaxis, which prevents the disease after possible exposure to rabies.
The high mortality rate from rabies in humans, which is also found in some common wild animals, especially bats and raccoons, has prompted health officials to take drastic measures to prevent rabies. It has become.
Beloved squirrel Peanut, the controversial internet-famous rodent captured in upstate New York, was marked for death as state officials who planned the attack wanted him tested for rabies. However, the test required euthanasia and decapitation.
Authorities said Peanut, who had apparently lived as a pet for seven years free of rabies, bit a wildlife exterminator.
Peanut’s rabies test was negative.
