The what now? "your culture" Aww, ain't you cute. Stupid to vaccinate against something that haven't been a problem for humans since 1902 in Britain, and where the disease carriers are pretty non existent. Handlers and other high risk individuals get vaccinated, the average person don't need it.

I would have agreed 20 years ago but are you making sure all of the rats that are arriving through the chunnel are rabies negative? Even after living in England for 3 years in the late 70's and 3 years in the late 80's, I just don't understand why your culture has an aversion to rabies inoculations. Accidents do happen, and it seems best to be protected.

Actually same problem with deer. They can be angry buggers, also carries a lot of parasites and other stuff like ticks which you suddenly have a load of.

I used to live in a small town in New Mexico called Ruidoso, and the deer are quite tame there. Although I agree that patting wild animals can be dumb, my family had a residential deer herd that came to our door and allowed us to pet them. Foxes, however, are a different story.

A UK city or rural fox seen in daytime is likely to be very hungry but certainly not a rabies carrier!