Where’s The Best Place To Find Raccoons?

9 December 2024

If you wanted to find a raccoon, where would you look? Hint: Don’t bother searching in rural areas.

According to the NGS video below, there are 100 times more raccoons in the city than in the country, but we rarely see them. If you live in a city or suburb …

• Is there a raccoon in your neighborhood?   Definitely
• … in your yard?   Probably
• … in your attic or crawl space?   You might be surprised.

Find out about more in this short video from National Geographic.

Now go check the attic!

p.s. Back in 2008 I watched a family of raccoons nosing around my Greenfield neighborhood. They were aiming for my backyard! Fortunately they never got in the house.