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

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

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

While raccoons are not true hibernators, they can sleep for up to a month during cold weather. However, they do not lower ...

WESTMORELAND, N.Y. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association is now recommending the leptospirosis vaccine for all dogs.

Never feed or handle a wild animal. Leave a young animal where it’s found because wild parents rarely abandon their young, ...