The proposed law would reduce one of the legal barriers to keeping the wild animal as a household pet.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have ever wanted a pet raccoon, your time might be coming sooner than you might think. New research out of the University ...

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From pests to pets, a Tennessee bill would make it easier to own a domesticated raccoon. The Republican-backed proposed ...

The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other domesticated animals. The new finding describes what a biologist says could be the first ...

Raccoons are an established part of suburban wildlife. They can live in a sewer drain, have no natural predators and get nightly handouts via outdoor pet food bowls and bird feeders. I get many ...

This is a full "yup, that's me" moment. Not funny-ha-ha, more funny because it's a little uncomfortable. A raccoon eating Cheetos should not feel this accurate, and yet here we are. I genuinely think ...

Biologists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock analyzed images of urban and rural raccoons and found that city-dwelling raccoons have noticeably shorter snouts, a classic marker of early ...

If you have ever wanted a pet raccoon, your time might be coming sooner than you might think. New research out of the University of Arkansas showed that the adorable little trash pandas are definitely ...

ATLANTA — The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other domesticated animals. The new finding describes what a biologist says could be ...