The insurance company may ask ‘Did you know about the raccoon,’ and try to deny the loss under a ‘known issue’ exclusion,’ ...

Researchers compared thousands of images of raccoons from iNaturalist, a website where users post images of flora and fauna, based on location. They found that raccoons photographed in urban areas in ...

“I think he’s living his best life — and why not?," Animal Protection Officer Samantha Martin joked Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

People often mistake raccoons' clever behavior and expressive faces for signs of friendliness. Videos of them rummaging through drawers or getting hand-fed snacks make it easy to forget they’re wild ...

Florida is one of 13 states that allow individuals to own raccoons for personal use To own a raccoon as a pet in Florida, you must get a Class III wildlife permit from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

A drunken raccoon has inspired merchandise that is helping raise money for a Virginia animal shelter. The Hanover County Animal Protection & Shelter in Hanover, Virginia had raised more than $156,000 ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — After a furry “suspect” made national headlines for getting drunk and ransacking a Hanover County ABC store last weekend, Virginia ABC is continuing that momentum by ...

In a “Weekend Update” that featured jokes about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a sunburned vacationer played by cast member Ben Marshall and how Netflix will jack up its prices to $50 million in ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's "trashed panda," the raccoon that broke into an Ashland liquor store and passed out drunk next to the toilet, is now inspiring official cocktails from Virginia ABC. The ...

While the story itself is true, the video was generated by artificial intelligence. In early December 2025, a video supposedly showing legitimate footage of a raccoon breaking into a liquor store, ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The story of a raccoon breaking into a Virginia ABC store in Hanover County and passing out drunk in its bathroom garnered national attention — and now, there’s video of ...

Authorities responding to a break-in at a Virginia liquor store apprehended an unlikely suspect: a drunk raccoon. The raccoon broke into the Virginia ABC store in Ashland, Virginia, in the early ...