the injured raccoon from the other day<\/a>, apparently having gotten himself around the house perimeter during the day to there. <\/p>\nFrom the way he was moving, his leg must have been seriously injured or broken. He didn’t flee upon discovery, and even if we got him out of the bathroom, he’d almost certainly not leave the garage.<\/p>\n
(Insert that all my compassion gauges just pegged at 11.)<\/p>\n
Animal control was basically useless at this point of night, it being after hours (and not a Ravening Wolf or something). Ditto for private animal control services.<\/p>\n
So … we wait until the morning to see who we can get hold of then. <\/p>\n
Poor critter. Not much we can do aside from close him in the bathroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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