I've got a crazy raccoon who comes up on the deck at night to take the rocks out of my terracotta fountain. Every morning I have to put them back in. The stupid animal is probably trying to find fish.
Add that to squirrels after my Hibiscus plant leaves, opossums in my grill grease pan, deer eating my sunflowers, & chipmunks eating my cherry tomatoes! A plethora of wildlife I tell ya! Oh well, that's country life!
They may I spose, but that would be news in and of itself, rabies is not common here, the rare cases were/are all in bats. It has not yet been found in raccoons, coyotes or other wildlife here.
LOL!! I gave up trying to keep the possums outta the grill. Funniest story about that was one night we surprised 'em on the deck, and two of the possums decided to take the shortest route off the deck -- which involved a 15 foot drop to the forest floor below. We heard an audible "oooompf" from them when they hit the ground. Sounded just like a person exhaling air after a sharp drop to the ground.
NOw, being greeted by a sleeping bat in the shower stall one AM ... that was special. Good thing I found it and not the missus.