A raccoon that had been living with its paw in a trap got stuck in a tree while trying to escape a barking dog. The raccoon's foot became lodged in an illegal trap, the Idaho Humane Society said in a ...

How far had the raccoon traveled and how much suffering had the animal endured along the way? These questions were posed by those who came to the aid of a raccoon captured in a box trap in Williamson ...

In Ohio, trapping raccoons without a permit is allowed but relocation is illegal due to disease spread. Raccoons can transmit diseases like rabies, distemper and parvovirus to other animals and humans ...

March 27 (UPI) --The Wisconsin zoo searching for a pair of escaped otters said one of the animals was nearly caught in a trap, but the attempt was foiled by a meddling raccoon. The New Zoo & Adventure ...