Well, not all wildlife has rabies but it's out there. Most domestic animals contract it from wildlife they have come in contact with that are infected. I have never heard of a case where I'm living, but the Vets give rabies boosters every year. It's like when people stopped having their kids immunized for smallpox, whooping cough, etc., because no had heard of a case in 50 or 100 years, and then all of a sudden cases were popping up everywhere. The disease is still with us, just the immunization kept it at bay. Same with rabies, you don't hear about it much because most people immunize their pets regularly. In addition there are alot of wildlife diseases that will effect domestic animals and vise versa as well. Racoons are extremely suseptable to both canine and feline distemper (pneumonia) and it can descimate a popluation very quickly, leaving them open to other infections, and parasites. Geez, we don't even want to get into parasites. So, as my grandmother always said, 'better safe than sorry'.....;)

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