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This story is from Karen Inman.
It was Easter Sunday late morning and for a rehabber it was another day of
feeding, cleaning and usually by this time, wiping little faces and behinds.
I received a call from a local pastor saying that they had just finished
their Easter Sunday services and as the people were leaving they had seen a
baby raccoon staggering around the parking lot. We gathered up our equipment
and headed for the church while some of the people stayed around the baby to
make sure that they would know where to find it when we got there. When we
arrived it was kind of cute; there were ladies in their Easter best and men
in their suits and ties circled around this little raccoon in the church’s
parking lot. It reminded me of the old movies where the Indians were
circling the wagons for an attack. The baby was just sitting there in the
middle of the circle looking up at them.
The
baby was a little girl about 5-weeks-old. She was in good condition, just a
bit hungry. The pastor told us that there was a dead raccoon laying up
against a curb about a block from the church and it had been there about a
week.
This church is named Trinity Episcopal Church located in the downtown area
of St. Augustine, Florida, so with the baby being a little girl, we decided
to name her "Trinity". She was very hungry and took to the bottle very
easily.
She
was a sweet baby and when she was about 6-weeks-old, we received a little
male about the same age as Trinity. We decided to name him “Ricky”. He was
found in an attic after his mother was trapped and taken away. He was
quarantined for about 2 weeks to make sure that he was ok and then Trinity
got a little brother (Ricky) for her to play and grow up with.
Trinity and Ricky have done really well and are now playing in an outdoor
cage with their own kiddy pool, toys, and a swing.
They were released together in late October.
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