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Has anyone heard a woodchuck making a similar sound to a raccoon?

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Our cat, "Milo", is an indoor/outdoor cat, who was also somewhat raised with an opossum ("Tino"). I know where the woodchuck lives, so I head over to get my cat (?) "Supposed" fight stops (sounds), and I come back home to find out cat on the front porch, and looking guilty.

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

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Naturalists examining old nests have identified raccoon, opossum, dog, fox squirrel, red squirrel, rabbit, horse, cow, cat, mouse, woodchuck, and even human hair in titmouse nests.

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Calling all animal lovers!

4 The Love Of Animals

Erubbermaids “Roughneck” homes create the perfect winter sanctuary for feral cats Opossums, raccoons and skunks. Feral cats are exposed to cold temperatures, wind and freezing rain in the winter. Other animals, like opossums, are more used to the cold but will take advantage of the spiffy new digs as well. Marker of pen.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility. Change in Law. That’s easy!” wrote Veronica in California. “I

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A New Use For Those BBQ Tongs

Animal Person

I don't know if she was being sarcastic, but in my town I see dead armadillos, opossums, raccoons, all manner of turtles, and squirrels dead in the middle of the road frequently. As someone whose cat (technically my sister's cat) disappeared when we were kids, I know the pain of wondering what has happened.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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When I rescued a mother opossum and her babies from a trashcan full of filthy water, she bit my finger,” said Bettina Bowers. And it wasn’t even the opossum, it was the nasty water.”. “My asked Johanna Walton. “My My ophthalmologist said it was one of his ‘top three professional lifetime bizarre stories.’