Are raccoons nursing a 5-year-old grudge against El Sobrante woman? The Mercury News A raccoon used the woman's birdbath as a toilet, something that felt very personal and deliberate to her. Plus, a tailless squirrel visits a backyard bird feeder in ...
A Vancouver woman is recovering from physical and emotional trauma after being mauled by a family of raccoons last week. Salete Morgadinho said the incident, which has left her with lasting injuries and unable to sleep, was made worse by officials' unwillingness to do anything about it afterward. "I thought I was going to faint and they were going to kill me," she said. Read more: Vancouver woman attacked by raccoons says they're being fed by a neighbour It happened last Friday on 39th Avenue near Clarendon Street, when Morgadinho took her puppy for a walk around 11:30 a.m. She arrived home to find a family of raccoons bathing in her front yard fountain. The dog began barking, and the raccoons attacked. Morgadinho was able to get out of the yard and close the gate, but the raccoons slid through the fence and continued the attack — only breaking off when a neighbour came and began throwing stones at them. "My injuries are very bad,...
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