“I think he’s living his best life — and why not?," Animal Protection Officer Samantha Martin joked Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

A raccoon that broke into a Virginia store and joyfully drank its way through the liquor aisle is now suspected of a wider crime spree, officials say. A Hanover animal control officer suspects the ...

They’re already the unofficial mascot of one of Canada’s largest cities, with tons of Toronto merchandise donning adorable images of so-called “trash pandas” – but a new study out of the University of ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The now-infamous raccoon who got drunk after breaking into a Virginia ABC store in Hanover County is apparently a serial offender. Most of all, a limited-time merchandise ...

A new study led by researchers from Saint Louis University, the Saint Louis Zoo, and partner organizations recently set out to understand how raccoons use space in one of the nation's largest urban ...

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Authorities responding to a break-in at a Virginia liquor store apprehended an unlikely suspect: a drunk raccoon. The raccoon broke into the Virginia ABC store in Ashland, Virginia, in the early ...

The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: ...

Hanover County Animal Protection officers "apprehended" the raccoon and brought it to the animal shelter following its wild weekend Amy McCarthy is an Editor at PEOPLE. Her work has appeared at Eater, ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A crime unlike any other unfolded at the Ashland ABC store over the weekend — involving a tipsy, furry suspect. Animal control officers say a raccoon helped itself to ...

One Virginia liquor store had an unusual patron this weekend -- an inebriated raccoon found passed out in the bathroom. According to the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter, authorities found ...

A raccoon broke into a liquor store, raided the booze, and ended up passed out in the bathroom. Animals wandering into stores is almost never a good mix, especially when we’re talking about the wild ...