Animal control warns of sick raccoons
Wildwood Road resident Kathy Watson sensed something was wrong when a stray raccoon threatened her 6-month-old kitten, Mercy, in her driveway one afternoon last week, only to turn unexpectedly sluggish and quiet.
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Blount County Senior Animal Control Officer Jeff Campbell ? the man who picked up the sick raccoon outside Watson?s home ? says he?s seen perhaps 25 cases over the course of summer 2017.
Officers in both Maryville and Alcoa tell a similar story. Sgt. Eddie King with Maryville?s animal control estimates that he?s seen more than 20 sick raccoons ? likely distemper victims ? since spring. And Matt Cunningham, a 17-year veteran of animal control in Alcoa, says the problem this year has been unlike anything he?s seen in his long career....
- By Mike Gibson mikeg@thedailytimes.com
- 2 hrs ago
Wildwood Road resident Kathy Watson sensed something was wrong when a stray raccoon threatened her 6-month-old kitten, Mercy, in her driveway one afternoon last week, only to turn unexpectedly sluggish and quiet.
...
Blount County Senior Animal Control Officer Jeff Campbell ? the man who picked up the sick raccoon outside Watson?s home ? says he?s seen perhaps 25 cases over the course of summer 2017.
Officers in both Maryville and Alcoa tell a similar story. Sgt. Eddie King with Maryville?s animal control estimates that he?s seen more than 20 sick raccoons ? likely distemper victims ? since spring. And Matt Cunningham, a 17-year veteran of animal control in Alcoa, says the problem this year has been unlike anything he?s seen in his long career....