Bay Shore family kept raccoons as pets, officials say - Newsday

Bay Shore family kept raccoons as pets, officials say  Newsday

They drank milk from a bottle and even learned to use a litter box. But two juvenile raccoons were nevertheless removed from a home in Bay Shore earlier this ...



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