Oh, gentle readers, how the year has flown by. I can scarcely believe that the time has come for me to sit down and write the Holiday Lettre. And yet, as busy as this year as been, there seems to be a scarcity of worthwhile stories to share. With our lengthy commute eating up most …
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We currently have 2 young raccoons in foster care at our house. One of them (Wild Thing) is very wild having just come into WildCare recently at 11 weeks of age. The other one (Pansy Boy) came in around the same time at 9 weeks old after being raised (illegally) as a pet since Memorial …
I found this link amusing, it appears the Raccoons have been searching for a supreme commander! -Stephen
After our shift at WildCare, Steve and I went back with Melanie to check on the momma raccoon and her babies living in a crawl space. We kind of doubted they were still there. After all, we had pretty thoroughly invaded mom’s space the last time we were there. And then there was the coyote …
Oh those wacky raccoons. They can cause trouble. Steve pointed me to this story about a raccoon in Cyprus who caused a major power outage after surviving an 11,000 volt electric shock. Poor fella is facing deportation! And Melanie supplied this fine example of a stupid human getting exactly what he deserved. This dufus set …
Apart from my squeamishness with blood and all things medical, one of the reasons I never pursued my childhood desire to be a veterinarian was that I didn’t think I could deal with euthanizing animals. It’s never really been a huge problem at WildCare because I’ve never questioned the necessity for some of the animals …
Yesterday afternoon, Steve and I crawled around under someone’s house looking for a dead animal. How, you might ask, does one get to this place in life. WildCare, our chosen place for animal volunteering, is always on the look-out for new funding sources. Most recently the hospital is starting an exclusion business. What is exclusion? …
Thanks to JoLynn for this amusing, but strange, article. As many of you know, Steve and I do foster care for raccoons and have become quite fond of the buggers. We love hearing stories about how smart they are. Once, when discussing ways of keeping wild animals out of yards (like anyone would want to), …
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