Raccoons are clever and resourceful creatures that can easily become uninvited guests in your home or garden. When it comes ...

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BACK TO YOU. BILL, THANK YOU. IN JUST EIGHT DAYS, LOCAL AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE TRAPPED MORE THAN 600 RACCOONS IN IT’S IT’S PART OF A RARE VARIANT OF RABIES FROM SPREADING. TONIGHT, WE’RE HEARING ...

Pennsylvania is a state where trappers rely heavily on the foothold trap, and modern foothold traps have changed little from the Gibbs “Single Grip” coil-spring MODEL patented in the 1920s. What the ...

A raccoon that was found caught in an illegal trap had its paw amputated Monday.Port St. Lucie police said a man called animal control after he found the raccoon with the trap around its left front ...

The Iowa Natural Resources Commission has approved a Department of Natural Resources proposal to create a continuous open season for raccoons. DNR wildlife biologist Vince Evelsizer told the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Wild animals in Virginia Beach are being harmed, and in some cases their injuries are fatal. Animal Control says they are now investigating animal cruelty cases after illegal ...

A trap intended to catch raccoons killed a woman's dog in southeast Indiana.Melodie Liddle said she was walking her dogs in Versailles State Park last Friday when she stopped at a small creek 20 feet ...