Police in Massachusetts rescue a raccoon that was trapped in a storm drain

A raccoon who was trapped in a storm drain in Massachusetts rescued by police.
@Deepizzaguy (109117)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
April 28, 2025 6:28pm CST
Thanks to the actions of Holyoke Massachusetts resident Fernando Rivera Junior managed to attract the attention of Holyoke Police Officers to inform them a raccoon was trapped in a storm drain on Monday.. The Holyoke Police officers removed the storm drain cover with the head of the raccoon stuck on the storm drain. Fernando assisted the police officers by using laundry detergent pods as lubricant on the raccoon's head which took about 20 minutes to free the raccoon from the storm drain. An animal control officer came to take the raccoon to a safe place. Link is upi.com/9771744821648 via @upi
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• United States
29 Apr
That raccoon is very lucky to have been rescued
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@Deepizzaguy (109117)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Apr
I am in agreement with you.
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29 Apr
That Raccoon is so cute. I am so glad that they got it out of the drain. I see on YouTube some people keep raccoons as pets and they seem friendly and clever. I would love to have one as a pet.
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@Deepizzaguy (109117)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Apr
I am in agreement with you that many of us would love to have a raccoon as a pet.
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@Deepizzaguy (109117)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Apr
@Ineeddentures It depends on the laws of the laws of the city and state where animals need a license to have an exotic animal as a pet.
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29 Apr
@Deepizzaguy Do you need a license to keep one or could you just go and get one? We don't have them here as native species but I do know that there are so e in the UK
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@JudyEv (351927)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Apr
That poor little raccoon looks very unhappy.
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@Deepizzaguy (109117)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Apr
I am sure that the raccoons was sad as well being stuck in a storm drain.
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@innertalks (22653)
• Australia
29 Apr
Nothing worse than being stuck in a narrow gap like that, and they were smart to use a lubricant to free the poor raccoon, so trapped.
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@Deepizzaguy (109117)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Apr
That is very true.
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@LindaOHio (187306)
• United States
29 Apr
Poor little guy. I'm glad he was discovered.
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@Deepizzaguy (109117)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Apr
I am in agreement with you.
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