On a Friday night at 10pm I woke up to a bat flying around my bedroom. I have no idea where it came from, but it was there. Fortunately, my cat Florence swiftly disposed of the creature. The Falls Road Animal Hospital(who deserve a shout out for their advice) told me to call the City’s animal control program in case the bat had rabies. By now it’s 11pm and I dial the number for animal control expecting a message to call back Monday morning. But no, the phone is answered after only one ring. By 1am a really nice man from the city is picking up the chiroptera(that’s fancy for«bat») for rabies testing. By the way, Florence is okay on account of her up-to-date vaccination. I’ve had so many negative experiences with government from the DMV to traffic court, etc. but this service was truly incredible and the folks down there deserve some recognition.