Dog vs. raccoon fights are one of the main ways pets catch raccoon-borne diseases such as rabies, leptospirosis, and canine distemper. It’s always important to keep your dog’s vaccinations ...

Even worse, raccoons can transmit diseases like canine distemper and, in rare cases, rabies. So it's understandable that cities are trying to find some way, any way, to manage them. Man on ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow Kansans who obtain raccoon ownership permits to keep the animals ...

“There is a large focus on raccoon dogs,” says Kristian Andersen, an evolutionary biologist at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California. Some scientists, including virologist Edward Holmes at ...

Beyond physical confrontations, raccoons pose a significant health risk to outdoor cats. They can carry diseases, parasites, and worms that may infect pets through contact with raccoon droppings ...

28, and the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has since determined that it had contracted the dangerous disease, Newsday reported. The raccoon marked the first case of rabies outside of ...

Kansans planning on owning raccoons would need to go through an educational program on raccoon care, make sure the animal is ...