Over the last 10 years, the Santa Clarita Valley has recorded the most rabid bats in all of Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging people to stay alert after confirming 61 rabid bats so far in 2025, the second-highest total ever recorded in Los Angeles County. Only 2021 saw more, with 68 rabid ...

Santa Clarita residents have reported multiple rabid bats this year, with local public health officials urging families to remain cautious and ensure pets are vaccinated against rabies. Rabid bats were discovered throughout Santa Clarita from March through October 2025, with several incidents involving possible pet exposure, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. In Santa Clarita, bats ...

Four out of the seven rabid bats reported so far in Los Angeles County in 2023 were found in the Santa Clarita Valley, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Rabies is a fatal viral disease affecting humans and pets that is transmitted by bite or scratch from infected animals, most commonly rabid bats in Los Angeles ...

Ten rabid bats have been found in Santa Clarita so far this year, with three discovered in September alone, prompting a warning from public health officials. Across Los Angeles County, 34 rabid bats have been found in 2019 — nearly one-third in the Santa Clarita Valley — with the most recent sighting after a live bat was left outside the ...

Veterinarians are cautioning Santa Clarita residents after a rabid bat was discovered in Valencia Monday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The animal was found by Los Angeles County Animal Control officials near the intersection of Via Vista and Via Solano on Oct. 30. Shortly after, notices went out to local veterinary ...

World Rabies Day is returning to the U.S. on Sept. 28, and Cinema Veterinary Centre will offer $5 rabies vaccines for one day only in honor of the awareness day. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. One fourth of the rabid bats found in Los Angeles County so far in 2016 were ...

The Santa Clarita Valley’s first rabid bat of 2016 has been discovered in Castaic, county officials said Wednesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The bat was found on the ground outside of a residential garage in Castaic earlier this month, and is the fourth case to be reported in Los Angeles ...

More rabid bats have been found in the Santa Clarita Valley this year, keeping the valley in the number one spot for rabid bats in Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Veterinary Public Health. Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at [email protected]. Records show 16 out ...

Ed. Note: The following article is by SCV News. More than half of the rabid bats identified across Los Angeles County so far this year were found in the Santa Clarita Valley. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. 11 out of the 21 rabid bats found in L.A. County this year were found ...

Los Angeles County Veterinary Public Health officials are reporting more rabid bats found in the Santa Clarita Valley this summer. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Bats are the most common animals to carry rabies in Los Angeles County but about one percent of bats are infected with rabies, according to the Los ...