Rabies is pretty scary and if you see a wild animal such as a bobcat or raccoon out in daylight you can be pretty sure they are rabid. I haven’t heard how many children were injured or their ages but that had to be terrifying for them and their parents.
A few years ago, my mother walked out onto her deck and there was a raccoon on the steps snarling at her. She immediately called us and hubby went over and set a trap and caught it later that day. The raccoon was dispatched and its body burnt to cinders.
You did the right thing.
A few years back, I shot a rabid racoon and threw it in a ditch. I told a client of mine who did rabies reaserch for the state and he read me the riot act.
He said rabies virus was active in the bodies for days after death. You burn the bodies to ash.
Also, Havaheart traps are a huge rabies spreader. Suburbanites love to spread rabid animals around.