Why are the raccoon's being euthanized?

I was wondering the same thing about the raccoons. If it is believed that they couldn't survive in the wild, can't they be sent to a wildlife refuge somewhere??

I know these people! They are wonderful people and love animals, they rescue animals when noone else takes care of them! They work just to provide for their animals like their own children. They failed to mention in any reports that all animals were found in good health and well taken care of! And the raccoons were probably trying to eat their chickens, etc so they trapped them! And seriously whats the big deal about the fox in a fridge, when we hunt we store them to later skin and use. I love how people try to make these people look bad.

Having 30 dead animals inside their home is NOT being well taken care of! The live animals being exposed to this is a serious health hazard. Any animal from this house found in good health is going to be a miracle! If this is how they would take care of their own human children, they'd be arrested.

OH lets kill these innocent animals at the HUMANE society, Humane society makes me sick to be honest maybe someone should turn them in for killing animals and freezing them, I have seen it with my own eyes, and they want to make it do hard for animals to get adopted thats why noone will adopt them some of the time.

It's a bit odd to say the least to have dozens of dead animals frozen in your home; not to mention hurriedly burying dozens for more cats in your yard...I assume they died from smoke inhalation??? I smell a "no-kill" involvement here and just wait for the apologists and claims that all the animals end up dead at the shelter. 10, 9, 8...

all the opinions aside, my family lost home in Feb.to a fire &w lost quite a few animals. they were buried the next day-what else would you expect them to do? it's bad enough to loose everything you own, but to lose what you love almost hurts more.my heart& prayers go out to them. unless you really have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.

Raccoons now carry a very serious disease that is hazardous to domestic animals (cats & dogs) as well as to humans. That is why is now illegal to keep raccoons as pets and also why most wildlife rescues won't even take them, and if they do, they keep them completely isolated, use raccoon-only crates, etc. Depending on whether these were trapped raccoons or raised from babies, they probably would not make good pets (very few wild animals make good pets, even though I did have an orphaned raccoon as a kid and she was awesome, however, we did rehab her and she lived a long life in the wild, returning for "visits" on a regular basis for years - a very unusual scenario and also long before this current health issue they all now have). It took probably half a year to rehab the one we had and teach her what she needed to know to survive in the wild and not many people would invest the time in a wild animal that may still not learn what it needs to survive and also one that could infect you with a disease as well ! Even though I don't personally think it was the right thing to do or for the right reasons if that is the case, that is probably why they felt they had to euthanize them.

I also know this family and they are a compassionate animal loving couple. They truly love and care for these animals and were trying to find them homes. The animals were all in good health and were well taken care of. The only thing she did wrong was not aquire the right permits to have more than 5 animals in the house. She nursed so many of the animals who were sick back to health. I have seen her jump in and help others with their pets as well. They are not crazy animal horders they are just people who love and care about these animals and find them homes. I wish their were more people like them. I am so sorry to hear of the fire as if the fire wasnt enough they lost animals they cared and loved. And what were they suppose to do sit there and look and the dead animals.. they buried them because they care not to hide anything. I will keep them in my thoughts and prayers.

Why cant the raccoons be donated to a zoo, I bet the Plumpton Zoo would take them.

Ok just a few things to educate people on this forum. If you have that many animals in a small location like that no matter how hard you try you cannot control disease and properly care for all of them. To properly maintain an animal is expensive and should be considered a luxury. Their heart may have been in the right place but what they did is indeed hoarding. I'm not taking up for the shelter but they unfortunately have to take all unwanted animals in this county (good and bad) and are forced to do everyone's dirty work because people refuse to spay and neuter their pets. Most of the shelters or any rescue's adoption fees often cover the money they have put in the animals and often they lose money on the adoptions. If you can't afford the adoption fee you can't afford the pet!! As for the raccoons, hasn't anyone heard of the fatal disease,RABIES??? They can't be kept in captivity because there is no way of knowing if they are rabid or not unless they show symptoms or you send their head off for testing. They exposed themselves and all those animals that lived in the home. If the animals aren't current on rabies shots they will either have to be euthanized or held in quarantine for 6 months.

The raccons could have been sent to a rehab licened to rehab racoons. And yes hoarders seem liek nice people and usually have good intentions but they and their animals suffer A LOT!