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If you recognize they are also very subject to rabies and not to be taken lightly, you may not hesitate to run over them. I learned of this while pheasant hunting in SoDakota and the locals would shoot any feral cat out in the fields as vermin. When I asked why, the rabies problem was the answer.
Same can be said of any number of wild animals though and unfortunately its hard to make a distinction. We have a cat that came up to the house from a drain/flood ditch and has been resident for several years now. We did however take her to the vet under extreme protest on her part, and had her both fixed and given the appropriate shots etc. She gets to come in the house when it goes below 15C and is seemingly well behaved in return.
If I see a pack on the road though. I'll not swerve to avoid.
We get possums and racoons on the deck at regular intervals and love to watch them. Strange cats get run off with extreme prejudice. how strange is that? However, if the possum or coon acts strange, it gets terminated on the spot for fear of rabies.
Semper fi
Rocky