A California teacher has reportedly died of rabies after she was bitten by a bat she found in her classroom. Fresno County has confirmed one of its residents passed away from the disease after a suspected bat bite, but declined to identify the victim.

The teacher was reportedly trying to scoop the bat up to get it out of her classroom when it woke up and bit her.

Seneng had tried to save a bat she found lying in her classroom at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos last month.

A California middle school teacher has reportedly died after she was bitten by a bat inside her classroom in Dos Palos

Health officials are warning Californians of the dangers associated with handling wild animals after a Central Valley art teacher was bitten by a bat inside her classroom and later died of rabies.

A Bryant Middle School art teacher in southern California died of rabies after being bitten by a bat in her classroom. Leah Seneng, who noticed the bat in mid-October, tried to remove it humanely but was bitten when the animal became active.

Although extremely rare, a Central California teacher has died of rabies after a wild bat bit her in a middle school classroom. The 60-year-old Fresno woman, Leah Seneng, found what appeared to be a lifeless bat while she was teaching her Byrant Middle School students back in October.