{"id":1037536,"date":"2026-09-01T21:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1037536\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T21:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:20:26","slug":"rabid-bat-confirmed-in-chicago-suburb-heres-what-residents-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1037536\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabid bat confirmed in Chicago suburb: Here&#8217;s what residents should know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786562663_163_default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-0c9d18f6=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>OAK FOREST<\/strong> &#8211; Residents in a south Chicago suburb are being urged to take precautions after a bat tested positive for rabies.<\/p>\n<p>   Rabid bat reported in Oak Forest\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A bat found Aug. 28 in the 15500 block of Rob Roy Drive in Oak Forest tested positive for rabies, according to the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The bat was submitted for testing after it was found, and the Illinois State Public Health Laboratory confirmed it was rabid.<\/p>\n<p> What this means for residents <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials are urging Oak Forest residents to keep dogs, cats and ferrets on leashes when they are outside and to make sure their pets are vaccinated against rabies.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Residents should avoid handling bats, skunks or other wild animals.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone who finds a bat or skunk on their property or along a nearby roadway should contact Cook County Animal and Rabies Control at 708-974-6140.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this article was provided by the Cook County Bureau of Administration and Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/oak-forest\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oak Forest<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/health\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Health<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAK FOREST &#8211; Residents in a south Chicago suburb are being urged to take precautions after a bat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1037537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,210,5386,1818,50,14702,8047,68],"class_list":["post-1037536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-health","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-news","tag-oak-forest","tag-pets-animals","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1037537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}