[Repeal The 17th]

Any wild animal behaving strangely...assume rabies.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Once I was quail hunting and walked up on a fox, to within about 50 feet. It just stood there and looked at me instead of running off. I waited until it left (which it did in no hurry), but I was planning to shoot it if it took even one step toward me.

[larrytown]

"Any wild animal behaving strangely...assume rabies."

This! Recall coming out of a store and finding a raccoon having an argument with the front tire of our car. Called animal control (being inside city limits) and they took it away - believe it turned out to be rabid. Sat there on it's butt for about a half hour occasionally growling and looking at the tire before giving it an occasional gnaw.

In our part of the country, seeing a skunk in daylight is pretty much confirmation of rabies.