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of raccoons den in or under some man-made structure. Male raccoons mostly den in solitary fashion,
but a mother and her nearly grown kits will often den together.
In reasonable numbers, raccoons are fascinating animals, well worth studying and observing. Unfor-
tunately, they've now become a serious problem for humans and most especially for some species of
wildlife. With wolves and cougars gone from most of the eastern United States and Canada, humans
now exert the only real control on raccoon numbers, other than such nasty diseases as rabies and dis-
temper. Given present conditions, including the unduly sentimental view that many have of the raccoon,
we can expect their overabundance to continue.
