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Garbage Can Racoons |
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Meeko was one of four baby raccoons found in a plastic garbage bag inside a gargabe dumpster. Wildlife Rescue volunteers picked up the babies and immediately took them to the veterinary clinic. All four raccoons were very weak, starving and dehydrated, but Meeko also had a severe respiratory infection. After struggling for a month |
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to live, Meeko made a complete recovery and was successfully released back to the wild along with his siblings the next spring |
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Feeding time for young raccoons. These young raccoons require lots of variety in their diet and were given lots of choices. In addition to their regularly scheduled meals, they had a daily snack time that included a feast of fruit! |
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During their year of care at the center, much effort was made to maintain their "wildness" so that they would be adequately prepared for their return to the wild the next spring. The raccoons were released to |
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a suitable environment far from the city and quickly adapted to their surrounding, investigating and hunting for food almost immediately after they emerged from their transport kennels. |
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If you find a baby raccoon, please refer to our TIPS page. |
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