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"(The raccoon's) an animal and he's sick," she said. "Just because he's wild doesn't mean that he doesn't deserve to be treated and then possibly put back into the wild."
"We get a whole variety of phone calls as far as problem wildlife goes in Winnipeg like 'there's a raccoon in my backyard' or 'there's a raccoon sitting up in my tree'... in situations like that, we generally don't take any action," said Manitoba Conservation Winnipeg district supervisor Richard Romaniuk. "When it comes to the point other methods aren't successful, (the raccoons) are trapped and removed, and they are euthanized," he said. "Bear in mind, that's the last resort."See the full content of this document
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Rescuer Finds Little Help for an Injured Raccoon
By Gabrielle Giroday
THE battered brown tail draped over a roadside curb was the first alert for Pamela Zentner that an injured animal needed help as she drove by.However, the tail didn't belong to a cuddly kitten or a whimpering dog. It was...See the full content of this document
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