Raccoons are one of the most successful species in North America. They range all the way from Canada to Panama and are found in all the lower 48 states. They’ve made themselves at home in our cities ...

Q. We live in a suburban neighborhood near Montgomery, Alabama, and see raccoons in our yard year-round, usually at night. We also have friends in Michigan and Virginia who have the same experience.

The very moment I opened the back door so Dolly could do her end-of-day potty chore before bedtime, she shot across the patio then the backyard right to the back fence and barking with unusual vigor.

In Ohio, trapping raccoons without a permit is allowed but relocation is illegal due to disease spread. Raccoons can transmit diseases like rabies, distemper and parvovirus to other animals and humans ...