Raccoon

• Maple Ridge raccoon revived with Narcan after suspected fentanyl poisoning

  Bennett had just returned from the school run last week when she found the mom and a baby raccoon unconscious, with one of the babies sleeping on the furniture.

  Environment

  Nov 15
  
• A ‘zombie’ virus is raging among raccoons. What to know

  WATCH: Toronto calls about sick raccoons spike as 'zombie’ virus rages in parts of Canada

  Canada

  May 9
  
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• ‘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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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