But they are also noisy, messy, and disease-bearing critters. Why are There So Many Raccoons? Raccoons have dexterous fingers that enable them to make fine movements that other animals can’t. ©Julija ...

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Two people in the South Bay area of Los ...

These bandits cost a Brooklyn family $100,000. Romping raccoons that ran wild in Alice and David Zaslavsky’s $1.2 million Brooklyn home pooped and peed everywhere, chewed through wiring and ...

When you picture a raccoon, you probably think of the black stripe of fur running across this animal’s face. Some people say this black fur makes a raccoon look like it’s wearing a mask or a disguise.

People can become infected with raccoon roundworm if they eat soil ... infection as they may be more likely to put contaminated fingers, soil, objects or even animal feces into their mouths ...

By Victor Mather For more than 35 years, a woman in Washington State would leave some food in her yard for about a dozen resident raccoons. The key word in that sentence is “dozen.” ...

After maturing in the raccoon’s intestines ... as they are more likely to accidentally put contaminated fingers, soil or objects into their mouths, the CDC warned. The infection cannot be ...

because these groups “are more likely to put contaminated fingers, soil, objects, or even animal feces into their mouths by mistake.” Racoon roundworm lives in the intestines of raccoons.