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Bats carry, but don't develop rabies so they don't usually attack dogs on their own - except for self defense, when they're attacked by a dog.

Rabid dogs are typically aggressive and spread the infection on their own.

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That wasnt my point. Bats are known incubators for rabies because they are immune to it but still carry it. Dogs find the dead bats and get infected, just like other animals. They see food, they eat it, they get infected. The root cause here is the bats but everyones hyper focused on the dogs for some reason.

Dogs are a lot easier to catch than bats and bats don't belong to anyone, so there's two more reasons for you.

There have been very few cases of rabid bats in the UK, if any.

There was one a few years ago, but it is very rare

Maybe you didn't read that it was the history of how Britain eradicated rabies?

For most of history until the rabies vaccine if you got bit by a dog there was a 5% chance it killed you unless you amputated the affected limb.

These are very high stakes for a dog bite.

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