Raccoons

• Raccoon rabies outbreak still growing, Quebec public health officials say

  Quebec public health officials are sounding the alarm as rabies cases continue to spread in regions to the south and east of Montreal.

  Canada

  Jun 19
  
• Raccoons are rapidly spreading in Tokyo, stymying local officials

  Tokyo is seeing skyrocketing numbers of raccoons in the city as the invasive critters continue to spread across Japan.

  Trending

  May 17, 2024
  
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• Ontario euthanizes 84 raccoons and accuses rehab centre of mistreating animals

  Ontario has euthanized 84 raccoons and laid dozens of charges against a wildlife rehabilitation centre it accuses of allowing animals to suffer with no real hope of recovery

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2024
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• Raccoons ‘aggressively’ seized from ‘squalid’ Ontario sanctuary, competing court docs claim

  Court documents from a raccoon sanctuary and the Ontario government paint vastly different pictures of how the animals lived and how a raid went down.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2023
• ‘Screaming for help’: Vancouver woman, dog healing from raccoon attack

  Carol Alexander said she started "kicking it and screaming for help" as she struck the raccoon with her dog's leash. She was certain the critter would kill her pooch.

  Environment

  Oct 10, 2023
• UBC researching brain power of ‘trash pandas,’ wants help from Vancouver residents

  Raccoons will be humanely trapped, microchipped, fed and released so they can solve tests planted in residents' backyards, said UBC researcher Hannah Griebling.

  Science

  Aug 14, 2023
• ‘Blood everywhere’: Man and dog injured by trio of raccoons in Vancouver

  Jake Moss and his dog Pingu are not the first to be attacked on that street in Kitsilano. They weren't even the first to be attacked on that day.

  Environment

  Aug 8, 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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• Tests from a pair of bats confirm Hamilton’s first two rabies cases for 2023

  Hamilton recorded its first rabies cases for 2023 after two bats tested positive for the affliction in the last few weeks. Citizens are reminded that it is prime tick season, too.

  Health

  Jun 8, 2023
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• Distemper virus causing rise in Toronto raccoon illnesses, deaths

  The agency says the number of service calls for sick and injured raccoons between January and April increased from 719 in 2022 to just over 3,600 hundred this year.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2023