Eight-year-old girl needed emergency rabies injections after being attacked by a bat in her home
The creature sunk its teeth into Honey, 8, when it flew into her kitchen
AN eight-year-old girl needed emergency rabies injections after she was bitten by a bat that flew into her home.
Honey Ball and her family tried to help the creature out of their kitchen by using a tea towel to cover it — but it sunk its teeth into her finger before they did so.
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Her mum Amanda, 38, took her to hospital and her GP but was astonished when medics revealed the rabies risk.
Amanda, of Billingsley, Shrops, said: “While I knew there was a small risk, I wish I’d known before about the dangers.
“Honey’s OK now, but her arm’s swollen.”
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