animals are fine as is now. Sure there could be some tweeks but, I have deer and racoons run from me. Some larger ones attack me. If I am low on stam/energy or health smaller ones will attack sometimes. So manage your Stamina/Energy, And if one attacks you and you cant kill it run away. If it is on your totem, build a wall, a real wall, not a dirt wall. You can keep out a lot of things with the basic crude branch wall.