A few years ago I trapped a coon in a live trap and was going to carry it to the nearby river swamp and turn it loose. It reached up thru the wire and scratched my finger as I was toting it to the truck. I called the health department and got the same story to cut the head of the coon off, place it in a Zip-Lok bag, freeze it and bring it in, or I could carry the coon to the local vet and pay them $65 to do the deed. I shot it, put rubber gloves on and whacked its head off. Luckily there was no rabies in that one.