Help DPH Celebrate International Bat Week and support our mission to educate and support our communities about rabies. We want your help with educating people about rabies across the Palmetto State.

The drawing should demonstrate what to do if they, a friend or family member, or a pet finds a bat or has direct contact with a bat. Bats are beneficial animals that eat thousands of mosquitoes and other nuisance insects every day. However, they are known carriers of rabies. Rabies is 100% fatal but 100% preventable with treatment before the onset of symptoms.