The first confirmed case of avian flu in a mammal in Washington state was detected in a baby raccoon at Sacajawea Historical State Park in Pasco, WA. This is the first case of avian flu confirmed in a ...

In a remarkable rescue, Misty Combs, a nurse from Letcher County, Kentucky, saved a baby raccoon that had become intoxicated after eating fermented peaches and nearly drowned in a dumpster. The ...

A dumpster-diving raccoon that got so trashed on alcohol-fermented peaches it stopped breathing was saved by bighearted Kentucky nurse Misty Combs, who brought the critter back to life with CPR, ...