Raccoon

• ‘Feisty’ furless raccoon creates quite the buzz at N.S. wildlife rehab centre

  Staff at Hope for Wildlife rescue centre in Nova Scotia have lovingly named a hairless raccoon Rufus, after the naked mole-rat in the cartoon 'Kim Possible.'

  Canada

  Mar 15
  
• Raccoon ‘perished’ after knocking out power to thousands in Toronto, Hydro One says

  A masked mammal appears to have been the culprit after a swath of downtown Toronto had its power knocked out.

  Canada

  Feb 2
  
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• Ontario seizes 95 raccoons from rehab facility, organization says no wrongdoing

  Ontario has seized nearly 100 raccoons from a rehab facility that says it has done nothing wrong.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2023
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• Port Moody police use 2-by-4 to build ramp for trapped raccoon

  Police received a call at about 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving Monday from a security guard who had heard an animal wailing, believed to be trapped in a bin on a construction site.

  Environment

  Oct 10, 2023
• Wild raccoon wrangled inside home after fighting with B.C. family

  Typically, animal control would handle an issue such like this, but Mounties said it was unable to attend, spurring the officers into action.

  Environment

  Aug 24, 2023
• Ontario’s largest raccoon rescue sanctuary clawing to stay open amid funding woes

  Mally's Third Chance Raccoon Rescue and Rehabilitation Sanctuary in the City of Kawartha Lakes needs $20,000 a month to operate but on average receives $3,200 in donations.

  Environment

  Aug 8, 2023
• Baby raccoon an unsuspecting passenger in drunk driving incident: Huntsville OPP

  A baby raccoon taken on a bit of a joy ride by an alleged drunk driver in the Huntsville, Ont., area is safe and sound at the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2023
• Ontario police officer under fire after ‘dispatching’ of raccoon with shovel

  Police in Lindsay, Ont. are defending the officer's action after the raccoon, they say, had to be put down. Police say this was 'the safest option' at the time.

  Environment

  Apr 18, 2023
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• Stranded raccoon saved from Montreal highway overpass

  For nearly 48 hours, a raccoon stranded on a Montreal highway overpass could be seen pacing or curled up along a cement pillar, and chewing on scraps of food thrown by passersby.

  Traffic

  Mar 17, 2023
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• Raccoon visit prompts Kelowna school closure

  Despite attempts by conservation officers to get a curious raccoon to leave a Kelowna elementary school building Monday, the animal climbed up into the ceiling.

  Education

  Feb 27, 2023