Trash Panda is not impressed with the outside world!

[herding cats]

7. Raccoons are very territorial.

I have the one, and her babies, until she runs them off each year, on my property. I can't imagine dealing with 14 of them dancing on my roof at night. I'd probably go nuts!

Yes, they, and all other warm blooded mammals are vectors for rabies. Which technically includes humans, but since raccoons live amongst humans in more areas than the other RSV vector animals do (they're extremely common in both rural and urban areas) they carry the highest incidents reports.

The most common RSV vector species are raccoons, foxes, skunks, bats, and groundhogs. In no particular order. It just depends on if you're rural or urban and what is abundet in your area. I'm in an area where the first three are living on my property. I see more skunks being reported as rabid by the CDC than raccoons in my area, but I'm rural and that's common. I know to be careful, vaccinatte my pets and not to ever forget wild animals are vectors for diseases. It's all about respect for wildlife and understanding they're not domestic, vaccinated, creatures.