An animal shelter in California, US, recently directed a resident on how they can remove a raccoon that managed to get itself stuck headfirst after it chewed through a roof. Taking to Facebook, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter informed that Wildlife Emergency Services received the call on Monday regarding the stuck animal. They even shared a photo which showed half of the raccoon’s body sticking out of the roof of a house in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
“Knowing that time was critical, [Wildlife Emergency Services] instructed the citizen how to push the raccoon through the hole so it wouldn’t suffocate,” the caption of the post stated.
Speaking to Newsweek, Rebecca Dmytryk, the founder and CEO of Wildlife Emergency Services, informed that it is not common for raccoons to try to dig or chew through roofs. However, in this case, as the raccoon was nursing, she was “desperate” to get back to her babies that were stuck inside.
