Chicago's raccoon distemper woes (We built the cities... Part Deux)

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 16, 2019

Conservation, Discussion, National, Public Relations, Suburbanization, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, North America, New Hampshire, A World Without Trapping

City officials in the Riverside neighborhood of Chicago have announced warnings of distemper outbreak in the area’s raccoon population - and the hazards posed to residents, as well as non-vaccinated pets.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 13, 2019

National, North America, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, A World Without Trapping

We built the cities, but we don't necessarily rule them.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 13, 2019

National, North America, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, A World Without Trapping

I’ve always been personally fascinated with the adaptability of fur bearers such as skunks and raccoons. In the aftermath of the raccoon’s “great migration” to man’s urban meccas, it’s almost hard to believe they ever inhabited the wildernesses of rural America at all - man was once a rural beast as well.