MCLEAN, Va., April 4 (UPI) -- Three men in the McLean area of Virginia were attacked by rabid raccoons in two incidents this week, Fairfax County police said.
CHRISTCHURCH, England, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A British couple said a raccoon they spotted sleeping in a tree behind their house was captured by an animal rescue officer.
MONTROSE, Mo., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A Missouri raccoon trapper finds that his frozen carcasses disappear quickly when he sells them out of his car trunk in a parking lot.
BERLIN, June 17 (UPI) -- Officials with a Berlin hotel say they are prevented by law from relocating a raccoon that has taken up residence in the hotel's parking garage.
ENFIELD, Conn., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- An Enfield, Conn., woman is taking painful rabies shots but is satisfied the 40-pound raccoon that attacked her on her porch won't be biting ever again.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The "faux" fur on Sean "Diddy" Comb's coats sold in the United States wasn't faux at all -- it was from Asia's "raccoon dog" -- and has now been pulled. The New York Daily News reported Saturday that Combs had no idea what was going on with the production
LARGO, Fla., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Unfinished homework is often blamed on a dog eating it, but a Largo, Fla., girl could honestly tell her teacher a raccoon was to blame. Double trouble befell Stephanie King's family. They were unaware a family of raccoons was living in their attic and a l
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 20 (UPI) -- Starting a fire in the attic is not among the methods of ridding a house of a raccoon recommended by Missouri conservation officials. The Kansas City Star says a local man tried spraying the pesky critter with water, shooting it with a BB gun and finally
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 20 (UPI) -- A Kansas City, Mo., man tried to smoke out a raccoon family from his attic -- and ended up with a fire that caused $25,000 in damages.
CHICAGO, May 4 (UPI) -- A raccoon that was living on the roof of a 43-story federal building in downtown Chicago has been released in the suburban wilds to fend for himself. The Kluczynski Federal Building is undergoing a façade restoration, and is flanked by scaffolding that co
