Rescued raccoon finds new life as a house pet and Instagram star
Rescued raccoon finds new life as a house pet and Instagram star
When a baby raccoon fell out of a tree and into Rosie Kemp’s backyard, the animal became part of her family and friend to her daughter’s rescue dogs
Ellen Brait in New York
Wednesday 7 October 2015 18.52 EDT
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When a baby raccoon fell out of a tree and into Rosie Kemp’s backyard, she didn’t know that the animal would become part of her family, and a good friend to her daughter’s two rescue dogs.
Pumpkin, as they’ve come to call her, was only one month old when she fell into Kemp’s yard in the Bahamian capital of Nassau, and had a broken hind leg, according to CBS. After waiting for half an hour, Kemp and her daughter, Laura Young, realized Pumpkin had been abandoned by her mother.
Since the Bahamas Humane Society could not care for her and local law does not barr families from owning raccoons if they’re properly vaccinated, the Young family decided to take her in.
Young told CBS that they “love her dearly”. She said that Pumpkin “is a cheeky little thing” but also “so wonderful and highly intelligent and always very entertaining”.
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/07/rescued-raccoon-finds-new-life-as-a-house-pet-and-instagram-star
(Some very cute photos of Pumpkin, which won't copy and paste here, dagnabbit.)
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