Some may call them dangerous wild animals, but for Stephen Kaspar, raccoons — or "masked bandits," as he calls them — are ...

The bill was introduced to prevent another situation like one in New York where an illegal pet squirrel was taken and ...

28, and the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has since determined that it had contracted the dangerous disease, Newsday reported. The raccoon marked the first case of rabies outside of ...

Opponents say that keeping wildlife as pets is dangerous and threatens public ... an Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut and a raccoon named Fred. In New York, it’s illegal to keep animals ...

Some lawmakers concerned by raccoon behavior in breeding season ... saying that while they're cute when they're young, they can be dangerous after reaching adulthood. "Once it grows up and it ...