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To: Michael Sphar who wrote (29490)	6/19/1999 6:36:00 AM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<So the question is, where how and who can humanely trap a mama raccoon and all her babies and relocate same to a "safe" habitat? >> Call your state Department of Conservation or Department of Natural Resources and they will send a live trapper out. That's the way it works in Illinois.

To: Michael Sphar who wrote (29490)	6/19/1999 10:38:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Here in Fairfax we would call the County. You can also buy Hav-a-hart traps and do it yourself but I've never done raccoons. I've caught feral cats, one time a mama and her six babies that lived in a culvert by a track I used to run on. I used three Hav-a-hart traps which I rented from the county, covered them with blankets, and put open cans of sardines inside. Finding people to take them was harder, but trapping them wasn't easy. Raccoons, though adorable, are terribly destructive in their search for food. Their hands are prehensile, and they can open things and tear things up like you wouldn't believe. Garbage cans are a big target. And they can carry rabies, and give it to domestic animals. If I lived out in the country and had 'coons, I'd just make sure my garbage cans were secured and my pets had shots. But in a suburb, your neighbors are going to have them killed, or they will get hit by cars. So trapping them and taking them elsewhere may be humane.

To: Michael Sphar who wrote (29490)	6/19/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

No dogs in the neighborhood? Raccoons can be terribly dangerous to people, especially children. I dated a girl who had had her face almost torn to shreds by a pet raccoon. Call the Humane Society or State Department of Wildlife or Conservation. Don't try to trap or kill them yourself.