Alberta Health Services and Parks Canada say a bat has tested positive for rabies in Jasper National Park.
AHS says a hiker reported the bat on the Valley of Five Lakes trail, just south of Jasper, last weekend.
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Parks Canada staff investigated and captured the bat.
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A number of bats, and occasionally other mammals, test positive for rabies in Alberta every year, and officials warn that animals behaving unusually or out of character may be rabies carriers.