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 ...

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 ...

SPENCER - Police and the animal control officer are investigating the illegal trapping of a raccoon on Church Street last weekend. "Unfortunately, it was too severely injured and had to be euthanized, ...