A Lenexa man is trying to legalize pet raccoons in Kansas. Stephen Kaspar is one step closer after testifying before the ...

The bill was introduced to prevent another situation like one in New York where an illegal pet squirrel was taken and ...

To the Editor: House Bill 251 allows for squirrels and raccoons to be kept as pets. I always have the best interest of animals in mind, therefore I am opposed to this bill.

House Bill 251, which has yet to receive a vote in either chamber of the Legislature, would allow raccoons and gray squirrels ...

It’s a new Amityville horror. Health officials confirmed the first two cases of rabid raccoons in Amityville since 2009 — and ...

but his bill would allow people to buy domesticated raccoons from licensed breeders. They'd need to complete a course on raccoon care, keep their pets up to date on vaccines and give them their ...

said there are no approved vaccines for raccoons, so even if given a rabies shot meant for a cat, the animals still could infect their owners or other pets. "Once a human or animal develops rabies ...

Kansans may have issues with raccoons outside the home, but it's illegal to keep the critters as pets in the state. A bill in the Kansas House would change that, as well as create a permitting ...

In New York, it’s illegal to keep animals like squirrels and raccoons as pets. So after receiving numerous complaints, the state Department of Environmental Conservation took the animals from ...

A Kansas resident is pressing state lawmakers to legalize raccoons as pets. He says they're smarter and friendlier than people give them credit for.