Feral Racoonturday?

Walking to our car from the Farmer's Market, on Flatbush Avenue alongside Prospect Park, Sid and I spotted this baby racoon wandering around.

Actually, not so much wandering around as following us. Sadly, we couldn't keep it. I kept trying to coax it back into the park but to no avail. I'm actually worried for the little guy since it may wander into traffic or something and it appears to have been separated from its pack. (Are racoons pack animals? For the sake of this post lets say... yes.) He (she?) didn't look great. Kind of skinny, making a sound that was a lot like meowing for help and limping a little.

Two NYPD officers saw me dealing with the racoon and asked me about it and, after I pulled away, they turned on their lights and made a U-turn to get to the racoon.

I'm going to hope that means that there will be a happy ending.

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[JFD8]

I'm told they pepper-sprayed the critter.