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In Germany – where the raccoon is called the Waschbär (literally, 'wash-bear' or 'washing bear') due to its habit of "dousing" food in water – two pairs of pet raccoons were released into the German countryside at the Edersee reservoir in the north of Hesse in April 1934 by a forester upon request of their owner, a poultry farmer. [259]
No procyonid species have been domesticated, although raccoons are sometimes kept as pets. ... (Florida raccoon) P. l. excelsus (Snake River Valley raccoon)
Even if you keep a pet raccoon from the time it is a baby, it may grow to be tame and tolerant of people, but it will always be a wild animal.
Wild boar found their way to Florida in 1539 with Spanish colonist Hernando de Soto. Florida has 12% of the three million boars that roam in the US. [140] They are a popular hunting prey, but are regarded as a pest, due to the damage they inflict to agriculture and environment. More than 21,000 boar were killed in 1980 alone. [141]
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Eight coati babies were born at a Florida zoo over the course of eight days after years without a new birth from the species. Two white-nosed coati moms, Rita and Sky, welcomed five babies and ...
Florida once had a large number of species that formerly occupied the state in prehistoric and historic times, but became locally extinct or extirpated; such as the Florida short-faced bear, Florida black wolf, Dire wolf, Dexteria floridana, Florida bog lemming, Long-nosed peccary, Caribbean monk seal, Carolina parakeet, Great auk, Passenger ...
Prosecutors described the raccoon’s killing in Southwest Florida as a “horrific death,” in a statement released to local media. ... whether domesticated or wild, should be treated humanely ...