Overview

• Registered nurse Misty Combs encountered a distressed mother raccoon outside the Letcher County Health Department in Whitesburg and found two trapped pups in a neighboring dumpster.
• One pup was unresponsive and waterlogged, and Combs performed chest compressions seen in a widely shared video until the animal began breathing.
• Kentucky Fish and Wildlife personnel transported the pup to veterinarian Dr. Ben Cornett at the Isom clinic, who confirmed intoxication from fermented peaches, administered fluids, and kept it overnight.
• The raccoon, nicknamed Otis Campbell, was returned to the health department parking lot the next day to reunite with its mother and sibling.
• Combs and officials pointed to fermented peaches discarded by the Kentucky Mist Moonshine distillery as the source of the intoxication, spotlighting the dangers of accessible food waste to wildlife.