Cases of Sick and Injured Raccoons on the Rise in Toronto, City Says

Published on May 14, 2024

Calls about sick or injured animals continue to keep Toronto Animal Services employees busy this year as the canine distemper virus persistently plagues the raccoon population. The city received 6,567 service requests for dead, sick, or injured animals from Jan. 1 to April 30 this year, most of them regarding raccoons. “Toronto Animal Services (TAS) can confirm that there has been an increase in the number of service requests for sick and injured animals this spring,” City of Toronto senior communications coordinator Shane Gerard said in an email to The Epoch Times. “While exact numbers are not possible to determine, it is estimated that approximately 90 percent of the numbers are raccoon related.”...

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