81. WebRing: Hub A 7 year journey of a family tree. Backyard raccoons Notes on raccoon intelligence,picture of a raccoon footprint, and basic info on raccoons in the wild. http://v.webring.com/hub?ring=raccoon

82. The Raccoon Washing of foods before eating is not normally done by wild raccoons and thisactivity by some penned raccoons may reflect boredom or curiosity. http://www.nationaltrappers.com/Raccoon.html

The Raccoon "Procyon Lotor" Order - Carnivora Family - Procyonidae The Raccoon is one of the easily recognizable furbearers with a ringed tail and patches of dark fur over the eye areas resembling a mask. Known to many simply as a "coon", the raccoon is managed by some states both as a game animal and as a furbearer. This important and well distributed species is adaptable to a variety of habitat types and the species thrive in both wilderness and urban areas. Description Raccoon weights vary from region to region. Generally, raccoons attain larger weights in northern states and lighter weights in southern states. Most adult male raccoons in northern states weigh 15-18 pounds during fall harvest seasons, with females averaging 2-3 pounds less. In some southern harvest areas, mature males weigh 9-10 pounds with females from the same areas weighing 8-9 pounds. Occasional specimens in northern states may weigh 30 pounds. Several individual raccoons have been taken from the wild weighing more than 50 pounds, but whether these animals have been fed as captives is unknown. Raccoons have 40 teeth, including 4 elongated and sharp canine teeth. The hind legs of the raccoon are longer than the front legs, giving them a hunched appearance as they walk or run. Toes number five on each foot and the front feet are dexterous, allowing the raccoon to grasp and clutch items.

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84. Whose (Wild) Life Is It, Anyway? With the exception of skunks and raccoons, livetrapped animals must be returnedto the wild, which requires permission from both DNR and the owner of the http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ip010739.html

Home Search Browse About IPO ... Links O U R N A T U R A L R E S O U R C E S Whose (Wild) Life Is It, Anyway? State law protects our furry and feathered friends from both bad-intentioned and well-meaning humans. STORY BY JOHN ALLEN PHOTOS BY CHAS J. DEES "H ell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones." — George Bernard Shaw Well-intentioned though you may be, you're probably not helping that squirrel that's been eating peanuts from your hand on your backyard deck for the past few years. While it's legal to feed them, "if you do, you need to be willing to do it for the life of the animal, especially if you start when they're real young because they don't learn how to survive on their own," said Sgt. Ken Swiderski of the Illinois Conservation Police. Seeing an animal starve because you're no longer feeding it, and it can't feed on its own, might cause you to take another step on the road to perdition: bringing it inside as a house pet. "If you try to cage wild animals or bring them inside, that's taking them into your possession and that's illegal," Swiderski said. "They're not meant to be pets. They're not domesticated animals." In his 24 years as a Conservation Police Officer, Swiderski has seen plenty of people attempt to domesticate wild animals. "We had Moses the squirrel a few years ago that ended up in court with the lady bringing in pictures of the squirrel wearing a Santa Claus hat," Swiderski said.

85. PETCRAFT raccoons are probably the most commonly observed wild mammal, for theydelight in raiding garbage cans. DON T! raccoons are wild animals. http://www.petcraft.com/docs/wild.html

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86. Amy Brackenbury - Prowling Bandits - Raccoons- Christ-Centered Art The raccoons found in North America are the most familiar wild animals. Moreso than any other wild animal, raccoons are often sought after as pets. http://www.christcenteredmall.com/stores/art/brackenbury/prowling-bandits.htm

Prowling Bandits Click on the for a closer look Title: Artist: Year of Release: Prowling Bandits Raccoons Amy Brackenbury Paper Image Size: Edition Size Original Issue Price Our Price AP Paper Image Size: Edition Size Original Issue Price Our Price Wanted Publisher Proof Paper Image Size: Edition Size Original Issue Price Our Price Wanted Print Description: "The raccoons found in North America are the most familiar wild animals. Hunting by night, they have an omnivorous diet; but they are especially fond of crayfish. More so than any other wild animal, raccoons are often sought after as pets. This is perhaps because they remind people of their own youngsters - what with their grasping paws, big eyes, and a cry that sounds very much like a human baby. As pets they seem to be good natured until they are about a year old, and then many people find that their docile pet has become a pest. You can't take wild out of wildlife, and in spite of their cuteness, raccoons are no exception. To keep wild animals as pets requires very special handling and knowledge that the general public usually doesn't have. I, myself, prefer to see the many homeless domestic animals adopted and the wildlife remain in the wild." - Amy Brackenbury Amy Brackenbury Art Print Index Limited Edition Prints Art Search Artists Categories New Releases For phone orders please call 1-941-277-1667 Back to "Christ-Centered Art" Amy Brackenbury

87. MSP :: Wild Animal Training :: Small Mammals wash any possibly exposed skin after glove removal when trapping raccoons. HANTAVIRUSPULMONARY SYNDROME was mentioned in the module “wild ANIMALS.” Anyone http://www.clemson.edu/caah/MSP/wild_animal_training/wild_small_mammals.htm

Wild Animal Training :: Small Mammals The following precautions are necessary to protect yourself and your family from disease while working with wild mammals:     Gloves should be worn and hands washed after glove removal (and frequently throughout the day).  Waterless hand cleaner can be used until soap and clean water are available.  Many of the zoonoses are spread by fecal-oral contamination (their excreta into your mouth).  To prevent this, don’t eat, drink, apply lip balm or make-up, or smoke while trapping or handling animals, their bedding, cages, or pens.  Always wash your hands prior to eating, drinking, or smoking after handling these things.  Avoid exposure to, or handling of, sick, dying, or dead animals.   Designated protective clothing and shoes should be worn, and these should be bagged until they can be cleaned or laundered (separately) from other clothes.  Zoonotic organisms are potentially hazardous to your family members.  A normal, healthy adult may have only mild symptoms when infected with a zoonotic disease, but the same organisms can be fatal to infants, the elderly, and those with a weakened or suppressed immune system, such as the elderly, people without spleens, people taking cortisone and other medications, people on chemotherapy or radiation, those with cancer, diabetes, AIDS or renal failure, etc.

88. Animal Protection Institute - Finding Room For The Wild Raccoon raccoons are a tumultuous jumble of fun and trouble a few months down the road,but they are one of the easiest and most responsive of all the wild creatures http://www.api4animals.org/1372.htm

From Mainstream , Volume 24, Number 3, Fall 1993 Finding Room for the Wild Raccoon by Christine C. Frey Tucker wasn't a bad man. He was just an average guy with a growing family. Adding a room to his suburban rancher was his solution to his wife's complaints about not having enough space. Unfortunately, the addition also seemed like an answer for another expanding family. The young raccoon must have thought she had found an ideal place to give birth to her litter. She made a snug nest in the space between the half-completed walls, and produced three furry, brown babies. Three weeks later, just as the babies were beginning to open their eyes, Tucker became aware of their presence inside his wall. Perhaps he didn't realize what sort of animals were making the odd chirping sounds, or perhaps he'd been frightened by rumors of rabid animals in the area. In any case, he grabbed a two-by-four to use as a club, and a nearly-full bottle of bleach. Then he poured the bleach into the wall and over the nest. Another Orphan My veterinarian called me late that evening. I knew as soon as I heard his voice that he had another orphan for me to raise, and I felt the familiar surge of conflicting emotions even before I heard the full story.

89. Wildlife Information- Adopt Homeless Paws- Karen Von den Deale, wild Care, Inc. Dee and Tom Howe (Directors), Urban wildlifedee@davenportandco.com wildlife Species raccoons and small mammals Specialty http://www.adopthomelesspaws.org/wild.htm

Home Email Join Email list Dog Adoption ... Mickey's Story Rabies PDF Download WildLife Information If you have problems with healthy wildlife living in your yard you can humanely evict them simply by using ammonia soaked rags or moth bricks in the area of which they are coming and going from!! The best method is to poke holes in the perimeter of a coffee can, then soak a rag in ammonia and lid the top so that the smell will emit from the can even on rainy days. These are not harmful or toxic to the critters, they just really do not like the odor caused by them. Please allow several days for this method to work, especially a mother with her young!! After all she needs to carry all these "kids" to a new home site. Be patient, you may even get the wonderful opportunity to see her leaving with them to her new site, course evicting her was a shame to begin with if she was not bothering any one and appeared to be healthy. If you insist on having these critters removed from your yard, and the above methods do not work, (although this is what I do to keep critters out of my garden all summer long, effectively!!) you need to contact a local pest control licensed to handle & trap wildlife. These people, and the state of Mass. refer to them as " Problem Animal Control Specialists". By calling in a specialist, Realize that their job is: to trap and destroy the critter, as they have no choice under the law, remember that Mass. law states you can not trap and relocate the animal!

90. Stuffed Toys - Compare Prices, Reviews And Buy At NexTag - Price - Review $7. Buy at Seller. wild Republic raccoons Playing. Reminiscent of real animalbabies in the wild, these adorably soft, 8inch raccoons are playing together! http://www.nextag.com/Wild_Republic_Stuffed_Toys~2700605zWild Republicz0zB36ozma

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93. Puddy Tat: Contract Killer Because urban wildlife can cause lots of problems, this Why Files delivers the scoopon carnivorous cats, damaging deer and the festering feces of raccoons. http://whyfiles.org/086urban_critter/

Cats kill birds Deer destroy plants Raccoons deal death Does this look familiar? Cats are sophisticated hunting machines, and birds just can't protect themselves. Photo by Marge Gibson, courtesy of the American Bird Conservancy Cats and birds 6 MAY 1999. Washington's cherry trees seem safe, at least for the moment, from those clear-cutting beavers. Because urban wildlife can cause lots of problems, this Why Files delivers the scoop on carnivorous cats, damaging deer and the festering feces of raccoons. You don't need an IQ of 200 to recognize that lions are like house cats on steroids. Lately, biologists have noticed another similarity between the ferocious felines and their domesticated cousins: Just as the lion is the top dog, so to speak, of the African savanna, the house cat is the master predator of the American farmscape, and presumably of the cities and suburbs as well. What lions accomplish through size and cooperative tactics, cats accomplish by numbers. More than 100 million cats are afoot in the United States, and many are outside at least part of the day. Most domesticated cats gobble endless bags of cat chow. But they also like dining outdoors where their meals comprise 70 percent small mammals, 20 percent birds, and 10 percent assorted live bait. That 20 percent adds up to a lot of birds, according to research on free-ranging rural cats by Stanley Temple, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Using telephone surveys and more traditional tools of the wildlife biology trade like radio collars

94. Managing Raccoon Problems Dead fowl may be at the kill site or dragged several yards away. Raccoonsare also serious predators of wild bird populations. Reports http://www.atasteofeldorado.com/wildlife/racoons.html

Ag Department Programs Annual Crop Report Pesticides Certified Farmer's Markets ... Weeds Avoid Wildlife Problems Index Coyotes Raccoons Skunks ... Gasoline Purchases-"Fuel for Thought" What's In Season? Harvest Calendar Grower Organization/Farm Maps Agricultural Links Staff County of El Dorado Department of Agriculture 311 Fair Lane Placerville, CA 95667 FAX (530) 626-4756 Managing Raccoon Problems Raccoons ( Procyon lotor ) are common throughout California. They are medium sized animals 12 to 35+ lbs. and 20 - 40 inches long, including a bushy tail with 4 to 7 black rings. The fur has a salt and pepper appearance with the black mask marking on a whitish face characteristic of the species. The tracks of the raccoon are very distinctive. The hind foot is long, narrow, and rests flat on the ground like those of a bear. The front paw is hand-like, with toes that are long and well separated. This permits the use of the front paw with almost the facility of a monkey's hands. Biology Raccoons breed mainly in February and March, but matings may occur from December through June. The gestation period is about 63 days. Most litters are born in April or May, but some late breeding females may not give birth until June, July, or August. Raccoons produce one litter per year. The average litter size is 3 to 5 young. The offspring are weaned between 2 and 4 months of age and usually stay with the female until the following spring. Yearling females do not always breed but adult females normally breed every year, especially if food is plentiful.

95. Raccoon Information Coonies like us are really good climbers and our wild relatives spend a lot of Beingraccoons, we like to break the rules (heehee!) and in places where there http://www.tazzmaynia.com/info/

Before we get started, do you need help with a sick raccoon or help with a raccoon problem If you just want to learn a little more about raccoons..... who better to ask than a couple of 'coonies?. Sit back, get comfortable and let The Taz-man and his faithful side-kick Cridder tell ya all about raccoons and some of their fascinating relatives! Raccoons belong to the family Procyonidae and raccoons like me 'n Cridder are of the species known as the common raccoon (Procyon lotor). We can be anywhere from 24 to about 37 inches long including our tails, and depending on where we live, we weigh somewhere between 12 pounds (southeastern US) and more than 30 pounds (northwestern US and Canada). Coonies like us are really good climbers and our wild relatives spend a lot of time in the tall trees. They like to make their dens in hollow trees, but have also been known to live in underground burrows, unoccupied buildings and even abandoned cars. Some people say we are nocturnal but that's only partly true. Being raccoons, we like to break the rules (heehee!) and in places where there aren't many people, we are happy to come out in the daytime, especially if there's a chance of getting something to eat! Speaking of getting something to eat (one of our favorite subjects!), here's what our wild cousins like:

96. Living With Urban Wildlife: The Raccoon Abundant food and shelter and the absence of natural predators haveallowed many wild animals to successfully adapt to urban life. http://www.cfhs.ca/Programs/HumaneEducation/GeneralPublic/UrbanWildlife/raccoon_

Introduction The existence of wildlife in urban areas enriches our environment, bringing a little bit of nature to the bustle of the city. Abundant food and shelter and the absence of natural predators have allowed many wild animals to successfully adapt to urban life. We can hardly blame them for helping themselves to food that is readily accessible in garbage pails, gardens, composters and sheds. If there is ample food and a place to live, removing the resident animal will just create a vacant territory for another one to move into. Preventive measures have proven to be less costly and less stressful for both wildlife and the homeowner in the long term. Although human-wildlife conflicts can occur, a little understanding of the animals' characteristics and needs will help us take a humane approach leading to a peaceful coexistence. Humane treatment of an animal involves compassion and respect, precludes cruelty and avoids pain, suffering or injury. Wild animals should be treated with respect and understanding. Never corner or attempt to pick up any wild animal. They may bite when they feel threatened and they may have parasites or diseases that could be passed on to you or your pets. With a little understanding and patience, you will soon be enjoying the wild animals in your backyard! Raccoon Characteristics Raccoons and the Seasons Raccoon-Proofing Buildings Problem Solving ... In Conclusion This fact sheet was made possible with the generous financial assistance of the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada, Canadian Association for Humane Trapping

97. NJDHSS, Communicable Disease Service: Rabies Make sure that all garbage is stored in animal resistant containers, asraccoons and other wild animals love to feast on your leftovers. http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/rabies.htm

Disease Index NJ InTouch Rabies Fact Sheet What is Rabies? Rabies is an ancient disease. It is well described in writings by Egyptians dating back to 2300 B.C. Rabies disease is caused by a virus that is present predominately in the saliva of rabid animals. The virus is transmitted by the bite of an infected animal. Rabies virus causes an inflammation of the brain, and is almost always fatal once symptoms develop. In wild and domestic animals, rabies virus may affect the part of the brain which regulates aggression, causing the animal to attack without fear or provocation. The rabies virus may also cause other changes in animal behavior. Wild animals that are normally out only at night may be seen during the day, approaching humans and domestic pets that they ordinarily would avoid. What is the history of rabies in New Jersey? In the earlier part of this century, New Jersey had a large problem with rabies in dogs. In 1939, the worst year for dog rabies, 675 dogs and four humans died of rabies. In 1942, a rabies program consisting of mass vaccination of dogs, and pick-up of stray animals was initiated. As a result of these efforts, New Jersey experienced its last case of canine rabies in 1956. In 1960, the first case of rabies in bats was detected in New Jersey. Presently, 2% to 5% of all New Jersey bats submitted to the state laboratory for testing are positive for rabies.

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