CDC urging people to stop using dead bats as Halloween decorations

cbs Austin ^ | Oct. 31, 2018 | cbs Austin

[bgill]

The Centers for Disease Control is sending a bizarre new warning -- urging people to stop using dead bats as Halloween decorations. The national Fish & Wildlife Service says they're seizing illegal dead bats shipped into the U.S. Most of the time the spooky specimens are fully taxidermied. People use them as wall hangings or outdoor decor. The biggest problem? Dead bats can carry disease.

[bgill]

Bat crazy.

The next source of Ebola and who knows what.

[Yo-Yo]

Ozzy Osbourne thanks you.

[KittyKares]

Who would buy dead bats? Yuck.

[TBall]

It must be an immigrant thing.

[virgil]

From where are they being shipped in from?

[BBQToadRibs]

Was unaware this was even a thing.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Me, either.

What’s wrong with plastic bats from the Dollar Store?

[Right Wing Assault]

It's more fun if you get live ones, let them bite you, then bite their heads off, and drink the blood.

[I-ambush]

Also, stop. using raw sewage as makeup.

[FlingWingFlyer]

When I was a kid, it didn’t take a bunch of government bureaucrats to tell us that using dead bats for Halloween decorations was unhealthy. Somehow, people just knew.

[Flag_This]

First they came for the dead bats, and I did not speak out -
Because I had no dead bats.

[Stingray51]

“The Centers for Disease Control is ... urging people...”

What “people”?

Diversity is our strength. Rinse and repeat.

[Vaquero]

Fully taxidermied sounds like disease free. Freeze dried bats may still pass viruses

Dead bats found on the ground probably have rabies.

[GoldenPup]

Dead bats?

Didn’t know Hillary and Maxine died.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Should not have taken 14 posts...

[Diogenesis]

the real deal is that
the CDC brought in ebola and criminal illegals
with incurable diseases and still hides facts of
where the thousands and thousands were
quartered.

the children are not dying of bats but
of CDC-DNC-Obama’s past plans to murder Americans.

[a fool in paradise]

Ozzy prefers his bats stuffed with breading rather than sawdust.

[Yo-Yo]

[AF_Blue]

"Are you...enjoying that?"

"Nah, needs garlic."

[Stosh]

I just wish my White Sox would have received a warning about dead bats back in March - doesn’t do them much good now in November.