The woman attempted using a metal trashcan and a cardboard box to get the raccoon out, but neither option worked.

PHOENIX — A Scottsdale nonprofit rescued a raccoon who found herself stuck in wet cement this weekend. The Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center said in a Facebook post on Saturday that the raccoon ...

A police department in Massachusetts is celebrating a successful "raccoon rescue" made possible by a Good Samaritan and laundry detergent pods. On Monday, April 14, officers with the Holyoke Police ...

A woman helped a raccoon out of a sticky situation after the animal got itself trapped in a dumpster in Michigan. Footage ...

Raccoons are known for their destruction and often rummage through people’s garbage cans, landscaping and gardens. But a homeowner in the U.S. is facing a different kind of destruction - a hole in his ...

RAMAPO, New York -- A New York police officer made an unusual rescue over the weekend, that he won't forget. Video captured a Ramapo, NY police officer saving a raccoon who got its head stuck in a can ...

Raccoons are known for sometimes being able to outsmart humans, and we have a feeling that the raccoon in @forestcitywildlife's video might be one of them! The raccoon, whom they call Big Fatty, got ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – A raccoon was freed from a storm drain in Holyoke on Monday by police officers with the help of a concerned resident. Holyoke Police Chief Brian Keenan said that on Monday, ...

July 17 (UPI) --Paramedics in Arkansas came to the rescue of a hungry raccoon that ended up with its head stuck inside an empty soup can. Little Rock's Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services, or MEMS ...

GREENWICH TWP., NJ -- It was just one of those days for a curious raccoon in New Jersey. The furry mammal was found Wednesday morning with his head stuck in a jar atop a utility pole in Greenwich ...

The Holyoke Police Department and a Good Samaritan assisted with the raccoon rescue in Holyoke, Mass. Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since ...