Raccoon

While the thought of having a pet monkey or big cat sounds like you'd be living your best life, if you live in New Jersey, you might want to think again.

I was fast asleep Saturday night when I was awakened by a sound, a sound that had it been December......I would have thought Santa . Unfortunately when I hear climbing at this time of year I immediately think “bandit” ….. not a thief/bandit, but a four legged masked bandit! The dreaded raccoon

Belmar Police have put residents on alert after a woman was attacked by a raccoon while walking her dog in Berhman Park in Lake Como.

Lacey Police are running point on the investigation into the disturbing death of a raccoon in a wooded area of the township.

Five raccoons have had to be euthanized in Point Pleasant Beach after they were found to have canine distemper and it's now affected at least two other Ocean County towns.

  They're back! the raccoons are back and trying to get into our house! I woke up this morning (Friday) at around 12:30 am to the sound of claws! Mrs Raccoon was up on our roof trying to find a way inside! Luckily for us she didn't get in, but we caught her red-handed and after hitting the roof with flashlights we spotted her and after my wife and I ran around the house a few times, in our pj's ..

Following confirmation of a rabid raccoon in Middletown on July 29, health officials reveal a second case in a different section of the township.

A raccoon that was tested after what is believed to have been a skirmish with a dog in Middletown has tested positive for rabies.

Just because you live in the woods, doesn't mean you can't get stuck in a tree. Tuckerton Fire Department crews and a retired state Conservation Officer jumped to the rescue on Monday after a raccoon got its head caught in a knot on a tree trunk...

A raccoon caught in an Ocean Township apartment complex becomes the community's first confirmed rabies case this year.