Baby raccoons’ hard-luck story ends with soft landing

Baby raccoons’ hard-luck story ends with soft landing When Tim Eslick picked up his fully packed van from a Florida airport for a cross-country move, he found an unpleasant surprise: Evidently, the mother chewed up some stuff in the back, a foam mattress, and had made a little bed for them. [...] WildCare was tasked with finding a licensed facility to take in the raccoons for a 90-day quarantine, after which they could be transferred to an educational program or wildlife sanctuary. The raccoon’s enclosure at the zoo is a raccoon resort, playhouse and jungle gym all in one. The space is crisscrossed with cardboard tubes, which the raccoons scamper through, poking their heads out to sniff around. Baby raccoons are superficially adorable, but they grow up to be volatile creatures and make bad pets. Once the raccoons finish their quarantine period at the zoo in February, they’ll likely be placed with an educational program that teaches youngsters about wildlife. Eslick says he’ll always have a soft spot for the raccoons.