On occasion I’ve had to trap raccoons. The nasty ones let you know in no uncertain terms what they’d do with a mouthful of teeth given a chance. Fabric isn’t any protection. A .22 “capsule” administered to the head before letting them out of the trap is.
I suspect the Russian raccoon when attacked, bit and ripped at the closest thing at hand. Which happened to be Ivan’s crotch. The man’s lucky it wasn’t his throat.
I trap and release about 15-20 raccoons a year and haven’t had to kill any of them yet. Good thing, since I haven’t got a gun, only my boots! Raccoons, possums and sometimes a mink. All after my small chicken flock.
I can’t imagine what kind of idiot goes with bare hands towards wild animals, though.
Okay. Thanks for the info.