Police said the child was fishing from the shoreline when a beaver came out of the water and charged at him.
Two bats in Tulare County have tested positive for rabies, according to health officials.
A woman trying to fend off a rabid fox that was biting her in the leg reached down with one hand to hold shut its mouth and with the other strangled it.
According to the Fresno County Department of Public Health, a dead bat was found on the corner Van Ness and Merced Avenues in Downtown Fresno.
