This masked bandit didn’t come to steal – he came to bite. A Kentucky man known as “Cowboy Cody” let loose a terrified raccoon in a bar out of revenge for being turned away from the establishment ...

FREAKED OUT BECAUSE THIS IS ALL HAPPENING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. I DON’T THINK I SCREAMED, I MIGHT HAVE, I MIGHT HAVE SCREAMED FOR HIM, BUT YEAH, JUST JUST GRABBED HIM, TURNED AROUND AND RAN IN THE ...

By Andre Teague/Bristol Herald Courier - USDA Wildlife Services Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) biologist Erin Patrick draws a blood sample from an older male raccoon Thursday at ...

Feb. 19 (UPI) --A raccoon on the loose for nearly two months in England was captured close to home and safely returned to his farm. Male raccoon Meeko was one of three raccoons to escape from the ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow Kansans who obtain raccoon ownership permits to keep the animals as pets. For the past four years, Lenexa resident Stephen Kaspar has been ...

Rebecca’s exploits were not yet finished. In 1928, a White House police officer caught a male raccoon and gave him to the president to keep Rebecca company. Coolidge told reporters his name was Reuben ...

One suburban Kansas resident is pressing state lawmakers to legalize raccoons as pets. He says they're smarter and friendlier than people give them credit for. Now, a real "Mr. Smith Goes To ...

Across the United States, raccoons are slipping out of the shadows of the trash can and into living rooms, Instagram feeds and even pet carrier backpacks. What was once a quintessential backyard ...