I was also taught to treat animals like this as rabid. When a bat came in my house a few weeks ago, I trapped it in a plastic tub, and took it outside. Here's a video of the release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zwt71GMe5M

I also live in Utah and it's strange to think that this man was likely already infected, but didn't know it, at the time I dealt with my bat.