While agreeing with Diane Meriwether I did want to post a couple of pictures. A friend of mine works with an animal rescue center and she does "foster parent" baby racoons. They are unbelievably cute. And, as babies, very affectionate. read more
Of course we can be friends with raccoons. We can live near them in peace and understanding. We can anticipate their nature and adjust our behavior to create harmony. We can observe their ways from a quiet distance and learn to distinguish and appreciate individuals, just as they are able to distinguish between us. read more
If you live in North America and leave some cat food outside at night, you will soon be visited by some common North American mammals; possums, feral cats, skunks and raccoons. I’ve seen raccoons trundling around and in garbage cans at three in the morning in San Francisco’s Mission district. read more