QUINCY − A Quincy man has been charged with animal cruelty after setting a live raccoon on fire in his backyard, according to a Quincy Police Department news release. When officers arrived at the ...

In Ohio, trapping raccoons without a permit is allowed but relocation is illegal due to disease spread. Raccoons can transmit diseases like rabies, distemper and parvovirus to other animals and humans ...

A Quincy man is facing criminal charges after police say he placed a caged raccoon on top of a fire in his backyard over the weekend. Andrew Chieu, 63, was arraigned Tuesday in Quincy District Court ...

A raccoon that had been living with its paw in a trap got stuck in a tree while trying to escape a barking dog. The raccoon's foot became lodged in an illegal trap, the Idaho Humane Society said in a ...

DEDHAM ‒ A Quincy man accused of lighting a live racoon on fire has been indicted on two felony counts of animal cruelty. Officers brought the wounded racoon to New England Wildlife Center animal ...