My friend’s father loves to tell stories about how his family had pet raccoons when he was growing up. It wasn’t until he ...

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 ...

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 ...

The fuzzy yet agile racoons that live in a park near your house or dig through your neighborhood's garbage might seem like a good pet. But are they legal to domesticate in Michigan? The short answer: ...

Yes. Florida is one of 13 states where raccoon ownership as a pet is legal, according to datapandas.org, an organization that ...

Raccoons aren't supposed to be house pets, right? Right?! TikTok user @itsmamariles has us questioning that now, as she recently posted a 79-second TikTok featuring her pet raccoon that really seems ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Around 9 p.m. Thursday night, Raleigh resident Chuck Wright heard his dog, Sadie, barking and squealing for help in the backyard. He came outside and saw a raccoon attacking the dog ...

A raccoon that was killed by a dog in a New Jersey park has tested positive for rabies, according to officials. The Burlington County Health Department shared in a new release that on Tuesday, Aug. 12 ...