Raccoons have gone wild in New York, with 1,581 complaints to the city’s 311 hot line last year, up 69 percent from the year before, the New York Post reported. The marauders have been caught in Park Slope, Wall Street — even on the Intrepid aircraft carrier.
Pest control experts told The Post this new breed of city raccoon has ventured out of its usual wooded park environs and adapted to, and even thrived in, the concrete jungle.
Gil Bloom, owner of Standard Pest Management in Astoria, was one of the PCOs The Post interviewed and he confirmed the growing menace. “There’s definitely an increase in raccoons across the city,” Bloom told The Post. “The milder weather and a disruption of their habitats due to construction or road work is probably the cause. These animals can adapt anywhere as long as there’s food and shelter.”
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Source: New York Post
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