Toronto tenants anxious about raccoon behaviour amid cold weather, distemper outbreak
Raccoons are more active as winter approaches, and that can mean more altercations with their human neighbours.
Raccoons are more active as winter approaches, and that can mean more altercations with their human neighbours.
The classic book series Where’s Waldo? now has competition — Toronto-style — as a fun-filled raccoon book hits the shelves.
Ken Gruber and Berta Mascarenhas noticed the love-hate relationship we have with raccoons — and thought they could capitalize on it.
Suzanne MacDonald, a professor at York University, is currently researching the size of our urban raccoon population to see if the city’s new green bins will result in “skinny raccoons”. So far, she sees little evidence.
The city’s municipal staff wants to exchange its existing green bins with a new line specifically designed to resist raccoons.