Ohioans love theirs dogs and cats, but what about Buckeyes who want a pet with a ringed tail, black circles around its eyes and paws that look like hands? While Ohio cracked down on exotic animal ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow Kansans who obtain raccoon ownership permits to keep the animals as pets. For the past four years, Lenexa resident Stephen Kaspar has been ...

They may look like pasta, but what looks like ravioli is actually an important way to fight the spread of raccoon rabies in Ohio. And the pasta lookalikes are currently popping up in fields, forests ...

A retelling of a pet raccoon story (when it was legal) may be instructive. We found an abandoned baby raccoon in a hollow ...

The fuzzy yet agile racoons that live in a park near your house or dig through your neighborhood's garbage might seem like a good pet. But are they legal to domesticate in Michigan? The short answer: ...

Feb. 26 (UPI) --Officials in Wales are asking residents to be on the lookout for a raccoon dog on the loose in the country. Natural Resources Wales said the raccoon dog, an animal with a raccoon-like ...

Symptoms of rabies in animals include behavioral changes, aggression, lack of fear of humans, foaming at the mouth, and ...