DERBY — A raccoon that was seized from Derby last month is alive and with a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said on Wednesday afternoon.

DERBY — A woman who helps run a local pizzeria said she rescued a baby raccoon, keeping it in an outdoor habitat, before authorities seized the animal last month. In a statement Tuesday from the state ...

DERBY, Conn. (WTNH) — A raccoon was removed from a restaurant in Derby last month, according to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Following an ...

A plump raccoon found itself in a tight situation — literally — after trying to squeeze through a ceiling and getting stuck halfway. John Pineda of Forest City Wildlife Control in London, Ontario, was ...

It is illegal to own a raccoon as a pet in the state of Kentucky without a specific permit. Raccoons are considered dangerous to humans as they can carry diseases like rabies and roundworm. A captive ...

Ohioans love theirs dogs and cats, but what about Buckeyes who want a pet with a ringed tail, black circles around its eyes and paws that look like hands? While Ohio cracked down on exotic animal ...

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We’ve put together a list of the raccoon’s most common natural predators, creatures that see these clever animals as a meal rather than a nuisance. It raises an interesting question: would you rather ...

How to keep raccoons away from your SC home Photo by fr0ggy5 on Unsplash. Raccoons are a familiar sight in the South Carolina Lowcountry. With their distinct paws, bandit-like masks and nocturnal ...

This dumpster-diving raccoon got trashed. When Kentucky nurse Misty Combs headed into work at Letcher County Health Department in Whitesburg, she didn’t expect one of her patients that day to be a ...

“It was the motherly instinct in me,” Misty Combs of Kentucky said of rescuing the unconscious animal LEX 18/Youtube;Getty A nurse in Kentucky performed CPR on a drunken raccoon The raccoon had ...

There is no legal way to obtain a raccoon in Michigan, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The DNR does not recommend or encourage having raccoons or wild animals of any type as ...