Last year, New York state authorities seized and euthanized an Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut and a raccoon named Fred. In New York, it’s illegal to keep animals like squirrels and raccoons as ...

"Following that same path today." New study reveals surprising wild animal that could become next popular household pet: ...

My friend’s father loves to tell stories about how his family had pet raccoons when he was growing up. It wasn’t until he produced photographic evidence that I actually believed him. Images of my ...

In Kansas, one man has been furiously lobbying his legislature to pass a bill into law. His cause could be described as an unusual pet peeve. Rose Conlon of member station KMUW explains. ROSE CONLON, ...

The fuzzy yet agile racoons that live in a park near your house or dig through your neighborhood's garbage might seem like a good pet. But are they legal to domesticate in Michigan? The short answer: ...

LENEXA, Kansas (KSHB) — Stephen Kaspar is one step closer to legalizing pet raccoons in Kansas after testifying before the state legislature last month. Kaspar, of Lenexa, has been fascinated with ...

The fate of P’Nut the gray squirrel and Fred the raccoon — wild animals that became illegal domestic pets in upstate New York — moved 11 Republican lawmakers who want to make New Hampshire a state ...

Now, a real "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" moment. But instead of Washington, it's Topeka. And instead of trying to get the government to buy some land for a boy's camp, well, the everyman of our next ...

Stephen Kaspar is one step closer to legalizing pet raccoons in Kansas after testifying before the state legislature last month. Kaspar has been fascinated with raccoons since he made a papier-mâché ...