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Paralyzed baby raccoon becomes best friends with giant dog

When Crystal the raccoon was rescued as a newborn, no one expected her to bond with a big, gentle dog named Tumba. But from nose-to-nose naps to shared breakfast sandwiches, their friendship bloomed ...
AZ Animals

Tytan and Notty: How a Zebra Foal and Baby Rhino Forge a Bond Stronger Than Instinct

A baby black Rhino named Tytan befriended a zebra foal named Notty at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Nursery in Kenya ...

Baby swan and tangled gull among RSPCAs most heroic rescues of 2025

A baby swan which got stuck on an icy canal in Lancashire was among the RSPCA's most heroic rescues of 2025. Rescuers from ...
The New York Times

A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store

Don’t worry, it’s OK. “I’m just going to lie down here (hic) for a second.”Credit...Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter Supported by By Victor Mather A raccoon broke into a liquor store the ...
WWNO

Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication, new study finds

If raccoons are wild animals, why are they so darn cute? If that’s a question you’ve ever asked yourself while looking at a picture of the furry urban dwellers with their beady eyes and tiny paws, you ...
The Daily Dot

Scientists say raccoons are showing early domestication traits. The internet: “sign me up”

Biologists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock analyzed images of urban and rural raccoons and found that city-dwelling raccoons have noticeably shorter snouts, a classic marker of early ...
New York Post

Raccoons are evolving to be as cute and cuddly as pets — and they want inside your homes

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...
The Tuscaloosa News

Are raccoons smarter than dogs and cats? | ECOVIEWS

Raccoons are an established part of suburban wildlife. They can live in a sewer drain, have no natural predators and get nightly handouts via outdoor pet food bowls and bird feeders. I get many ...
radaronline

EXCLUSIVE: Dumpster-Diving Baby Raccoon Saved After Nurse Performed CPR on Critter Who Stopped Breathing After Consuming Booze-soaked Peaches... and Was Given Fluids to Sober Up

A dumpster-diving raccoon that got so trashed on alcohol-fermented peaches it stopped breathing was saved by bighearted Kentucky nurse Misty Combs, who brought the critter back to life with CPR, ...
KOIN 6

Vancouver police rescue baby raccoon kept illegally as pet

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Vancouver Police Department said officers rescued a baby raccoon that was being kept illegally as a pet while responding to a reported disturbance on Sunday. ‘This is ...
Oregonian

Baby raccoon kept illegally as pet, Vancouver police say

Vancouver police officers played the role of wildlife rescuer when responding to a call last week. Officers arrived in east Vancouver to investigate a disturbance Friday and found a person carrying a ...