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Article: Chicago raccoons forage in local garbage.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- August 8, 2005
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Byline: Kelly Kennedy
CHICAGO _ A combination of the drought and a late freeze has sent Chicago's raccoons foraging for food and water in unusual places.
Like McDonald's.
"There was a late freeze just when many of our wild fruity trees and bushes were budding," said Robert Frazee, a natural resources educator from the University of Illinois extension service. "When the berries didn't set on, it became really hard to find food, so the raccoons have been raiding many of the towns and villages."
The masked marauders are stealing cat and dog food right off porches, just before digging through the garbage. They're tearing shingles off the ...