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A raccoon boot camp in Mississippi teaches abandoned kits survival skills
The rescue teaches abandoned kits to dig, swim and avoid traps, and 76 raccoons have been raised there so far this year, staff said.
- In Pass Christian, Mississippi, Woodside Wildlife Rescue trains orphaned raccoon kits for wild survival, having raised 76 animals so far this year alongside other indigenous wildlife.
- Former merchant mariner Paula Woodside, Founder, opened the rescue in 2019 after rehabilitating a baby raccoon aboard her ship; Director Raquel Priest now utilizes the rural property for unique learning excursions.
- Staff teach survival skills using a 'drill sergeant' approach, mimicking danger calls to send kits up trees to safety while kits practice digging for food and fishing in shallow pools.
- After six months of training, Woodside and Priest host a graduation ceremony featuring a roll call and Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" before kits are released onto the property.
- For the staff, releasing the animals is "like watching your children leave home," Priest said, as they prioritize seeing kits "prosper and go and be the mischievous creatures they were meant to be.
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