{"id":918181,"date":"2020-08-26T15:46:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T20:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=918181"},"modified":"2020-08-27T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T20:46:03","slug":"bat-tests-positive-for-rabies-in-longview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=918181","title":{"rendered":"Bat tests positive for rabies in Longview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/08\/Bats-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-918182\" \/>LONGVIEW &#8212; The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed Wednesday, that a bat found in Northwest Longview has tested positive for rabies. There was no contact with any people at the location and only the dog is currently being vaccinated. The dog will be given a booster shot and observed for the next 45 days as required under Texas law. Animal Services is reminding citizens that they should always refrain from touching or handling any wild animals, especially those that appear sick or injured. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW &#8212; The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed Wednesday, that a bat found in Northwest Longview has tested positive for rabies. There was no contact with any people at the location and only the dog is currently being vaccinated. The dog will be given a booster shot and observed for the next 45 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=918181\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bat tests positive for rabies in Longview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 03:59:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=918181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918183,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918181\/revisions\/918183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=918181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=918181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=918181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}