Our cats, semiferal, would ignore Raccy and her kits.
I presume I told the raccoon in the toilet story here. Well, I'll check. Maybe manana.
Skunks are basically harmless except for the fact that they are the only North American mammal which concentrates rabies virus in its saliva. That alone makes them pretty dangerous in my book. Raccoons, on the other hand, are foul-tempered, nasty critters that are all too often spoiling for a fight, particularly during breeding season. Cats are generally too quick to make a good opponent for them, but they tend to enjoy beating the hell out of dogs that are fairly small. Cornered, deliberately or accidentally, they can do some pretty serious damage to humans with both teeth and claws.
CowDoc,
I have to agree with you. People I guess want to think they are cute and funny.
I'm not going into any detail, but we were having a racoon problem for a while, my husband finally shot the damn thing, and good riddance.
They are nothing but trouble and frankly, I can't stand them.
