Richard

In Hilton Head, South Carolina, sixteen people are undergoing painful treatment for possibly having rabies after they exposed themselves to a baby raccoon later discovered to be rabid. While some of the 16 had merely cuddled the animal, an unknown number apparently could not resist kissing the thing on the lips. Boy is that stupid! (Kansas City Star)


Sorry.. the thought of sixteen people, most of them probably adults, kissing and cuddling a wild animal, is kinda funny to me.. the stuff Rob Schneider movies are made of!.. not that I'm a big fan mind you!

TFA101

Cujo!!!!

Lucy

I would kiss a raccoon.....not on the lips though. lol

Butterfly

Anytime a truly wild animal that acts that tame has got to have something wrong with it. A Healthy wild animal goes the other direction when approached by human. What were they thinking
Carol

COBettaCouple

LOL.. kissing a wild animal on the lips just isn't on my list of "smart things to do".

sirdarksol

I agree, with the exception of a baby whose parents have been lost. It is often very easy to get such a baby to trust you, especially if you offer food, because it has been starving. Still, when you are dealing with an unknown animal, baby or not, it's absolutely idiotic to presume it isn't sick.
I have, twice, taken the rabies risk with pregnant kittens, because I knew that if I didn't get them in my house, there would be another two or three more cats running wild around my neighborhood in a year. I knew the risk that I was taking, and accepted that I may have been ending up with some very painful shots, but I couldn't stand the situation that the momma kitten, the baby kittens, or the wildlife around my house would be in if I didn't take steps to rectify it.