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Bat and skunk test positive for rabies in Charles Co., following 2 rabid beaver attacks
Valerie Bonk | vbonk@wtop.com
August 22, 2026, 8:03 AM
Two animals in Charles County, Maryland, have tested positive for rabies, according to the county’s health department.
A bat and a skunk were both found to have the disease and the health department is warning area residents to keep an eye out and avoid contact with unknown animals and wildlife.
The bat was discovered in Waldorf and the skunk was found in Port Tobacco. Both animals tested positive for rabies on Friday.
This comes after three attacks within a month by beavers at Maryland state parks. Two beavers that bit people at Cunningham Falls State Park tested positive for rabies. A beaver that attacked a 10-year-old girl at Seneca Creek State Park was not found but was presumed rabid...
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Source: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/...omery-county-park-leading-to-closure-of-park/
10-year-old girl attacked by beaver at Montgomery County park, leading to closure of park
Tadiwos Abedje
August 19, 2026, 11:20 AM
A 10-year-old girl was attacked by a beaver Thursday at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County, Maryland, leading to the temporary shutdown of part of the park.
Park officials said they got a report around 3:30 p.m. Thursday of the beaver attacking and biting the girl while she was canoeing at a bend in the creek on the park’s property while attending a summer camp in the area.
Camp counselors helped the girl and removed the beaver from her canoe. It then escaped into the water, officials said...
Bat and skunk test positive for rabies in Charles Co., following 2 rabid beaver attacks
Valerie Bonk | vbonk@wtop.com
August 22, 2026, 8:03 AM
Two animals in Charles County, Maryland, have tested positive for rabies, according to the county’s health department.
A bat and a skunk were both found to have the disease and the health department is warning area residents to keep an eye out and avoid contact with unknown animals and wildlife.
The bat was discovered in Waldorf and the skunk was found in Port Tobacco. Both animals tested positive for rabies on Friday.
This comes after three attacks within a month by beavers at Maryland state parks. Two beavers that bit people at Cunningham Falls State Park tested positive for rabies. A beaver that attacked a 10-year-old girl at Seneca Creek State Park was not found but was presumed rabid...
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Source: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/...omery-county-park-leading-to-closure-of-park/
10-year-old girl attacked by beaver at Montgomery County park, leading to closure of park
Tadiwos Abedje
August 19, 2026, 11:20 AM
A 10-year-old girl was attacked by a beaver Thursday at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County, Maryland, leading to the temporary shutdown of part of the park.
Park officials said they got a report around 3:30 p.m. Thursday of the beaver attacking and biting the girl while she was canoeing at a bend in the creek on the park’s property while attending a summer camp in the area.
Camp counselors helped the girl and removed the beaver from her canoe. It then escaped into the water, officials said...