Overview
- Animal Protection Officer Samantha Martin disclosed the update on Hanover County’s official Hear In Hanover podcast.
- Martin said the raccoon has committed at least three break-ins in the same shopping block, including a karate studio and the DMV where it ate snacks.
- The most recent incident was on Black Friday at the Ashland ABC store, where several liquor bottles were broken and the raccoon was found passed out in a bathroom.
- After the liquor-store call, the animal was kept overnight at the county shelter to sober up and then released near the store.
- Officials reiterated they do not relocate raccoons because relocation is often a death sentence, adding the animal has figured out how to reenter buildings.