Raccoons can be rabid. So dangerous.
Once, one got in my garage and created a real mess until he could be removed.
We have one that lives under our porch. We had a guy set a trap for it last night, the bait being cat food. Went outside this morning and found a cat in it.
I have a elderly neighbor who thought he was feeding a outside cat, when the raccoon which was eating the cat food attacked and bit him. A trip to the emergency room later and a series of shot due to possibility of rabies, and he was angry at his vision going bad, the raccoon biting him and not having the raccoon caught. He went to feed the cat later that week and guess who was there. He had a 22 rifle that he pointed at the raccoon, who grabbed the barrel and put the business end in it’s toothy mouth. My neighbor was more than happy to pull the trigger.The raccoon, trying to bite the interfering piece of metal, made a kill possible.