The Cape Cod and South East Massachusetts Rabies Task Force is seeking information about how the raccoon ended up on the side of Smith Lane in Eastham.
The Cape Cod and South East Massachusetts Rabies Task Force is seeking information about how the raccoon ended up on the side of Smith Lane in Eastham"It was very odd," said Stephanie Ellis, director of Wild Care Wildlife Rehab Center."The racoon had, like, a wash cloth on its rump, but even more interestingly, its muzzle and arms were filled with porcupine quills."
"Porcupines haven't been documented on Cape Cod for about 15 years and so immediately we were thinking this animal has been dumped," said Ellis. "A healthy racoon would not mess with a porcupine, so they think that raccoons that have rabies and are behaving abnormally they then might approach a porcupine, get the quills in the face."
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