The baby was hospitalized before his father and a sheriff’s deputy killed the animal, according to Idaho Fish and Game An Idaho mother rescued her infant son from a raccoon attack inside of ...

Officials said that the raccoon carcass was tested for rabies, and the results were negative. The IDFG's Wildlife Human Attack Response Team was activated to ensure public safety and investigate ...

Officials do not know how it got into the home. Raccoon attacks against humans are "extremely rare," but they can become aggressive if they feel threatened, officials said in a statement.

More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.

These cryptogenic cases of rabies are associated most often with bat strains of the virus, but a chilling case report describes the first known human fatality from a raccoon strain. A 25-year-old ...

A Long Island raccoon recently tested positive for rabies — just the latest in an alarming spate of cases to arise in the ...

Raccoon attacks against humans are “extremely rare,” it said. The animals are usually shy. Raccoons can weigh about 12 to 30 pounds and are about three feet long, according to the department.

A child was hospitalized after a raccoon attack inside the family's home, state officials said Friday. The incident happened on Monday in Cassia County after the child's mom had just returned home ...

Per the IDFG, reports of raccoon attacks on humans in the state are "extremely rare" and "only one case of raccoon rabies" has been documented in Idaho. They are "generally shy," mostly avoid ...