A bat invasion shuts down a south Texas public library prompting a warning from health officials.
Between the walls of Pearsall Public Library lived nearly 800 bats.
Mayor Ray Martinez says the problem reached a point where the city had to hire a professional bat exclusionist last week.
Killing bats is against federal law, so at night when the bats were out, the exclusionist sealed off all the openings where the bats were getting in.
More than 200 dead bats, some just skeletons, were also found inside the columns of the library.
The mayor says the problem is now fixed.
The Texas Health Department sent out a letter to all library card holders and posted a letter on the door of the library warning of possible health risks for anyone who visited the library in the past three months.
Eldon Maggett runs Big El's food stand which sits less than 100 yards from the library. Maggett said the city never told him about the problem.
The city of Pearsall and the Texas Department of Health is holding a town hall meeting Monday night at city hall at 6:00pm to address any concerns citizens may have about the bat infestation.
