Maine woman brings raccoon to Petco for unconventional pet spa experience
Petco employees in Maine have been requested to clip an uncommon buyer’s nails after a woman introduced a wild raccoon into the shop to get its nails clipped.
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife shared in a Facebook publish that this was not a good suggestion and unlawful. The company initially mentioned that the woman probably uncovered individuals to rabies when she introduced the mammals into the pet retailer on Tuesday, May 23.
“It is illegal to possess wildlife in Maine, and Petco does not trim raccoon nails,” the wildlife company said in a Facebook post, noting she “potentially exposed herself and others to rabies.”
A woman took a raccoon into an Auburn, Maine Petco retailer to have its nails trimmed on May 23, 2023, prompting the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife to ask for assist discovering her. (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife)
While she waited within the retailer in Auburn, Maine, individuals’s curiosity obtained the very best of them, and so they held the raccoon with some even kissing it, officers mentioned.
“Many different people handled the raccoon and some even kissed it,” officers mentioned.
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Eventually, the shop supervisor caught wind of the wild raccoon and requested the unidentified woman with the raccoon to depart the shop.
The retailer supervisor promptly known as the Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Maine Warden Service since officers didn’t know if the raccoon had uncovered unsuspecting customers to rabies.
Officials launched surveillance photographs from a Petco in Maine of the woman holding the raccoon. (TMaine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife)
In an replace on Friday, May 26, the company shared that the furry buddy examined unfavorable for rabies and the patrons didn’t want to seek rabies treatment.
The wildlife company shared with residents the potential risks of bringing a wild animals indoors, reminding residents to “keep wildlife wild.”
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Raccoons are one of the crucial widespread carriers of rabies in Maine, the company mentioned. Rabies is deadly except handled after publicity.
The company shared that rabies is unfold by means of a rabid animal’s saliva or neural tissue, and an individual will be uncovered when that saliva or neural tissue of the rabid animal is available in contact with an individual by means of a chunk or scratch, reduce within the pores and skin, or will get into the eyes, nostril, or mouth.
In an replace to their authentic publish, they mentioned the raccoon examined unfavorable for rabies, so those that got here in touch with it don’t want to search therapy. (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife)
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Authorities are still looking for the woman who introduced the animal to get a pedicure at Petco. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife shared photographs of the woman clutching the raccoon within the Petco retailer.
Petco urged residents to contact the Maine Warden Service at 1-800-452-4664 if they’ve any info concerning the woman pictured within the surveillance video.