Greenwich student brings live bat to school

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Greenwich health officials say a local private school student didn't realize the implications when bringing a live bat to school to show to a science class.

The incident at the Whitby School last week prompted a rabies test of the bat, which was killed by an exterminator. The test came back negative Saturday.

School officials told the Greenwich Time (http://bit.ly/10Aa5CK ) that they notified parents about the incident and when the test came back negative.

A school spokesman says the student and the student's parents thought the bat would be an interesting thing to study but didn't think about the possible hazards.

In 1995, Greenwich eighth-grader Maria Fareri died of rabies after being exposed to a rabid bat. She was the first person in Connecticut to die from rabies since 1932.

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Information from: Greenwich Time, http://www.greenwichtime.com