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Raccoon Rescued from Drain at Wakefield High School in Arlington
It's the second time local authorities had to free a raccoon that got somewhere it shouldn't have in the Northern Virginia area.
ARLINGTON, VA — Raccoons have been getting stuck in the worst places lately: first a raccoon had to be rescued by Fairfax County police in Reston after getting into a bird feeder, and now animal control had to pull one of the mischievous critters from a drain at Wakefield High School in Arlington.
The Animal Welfare League of Arlington tweeted a thank you to animal control officers on Monday for rescuing a stuck raccoon, posting a picture of the miserable masked bandit caught in the act.
"Thank you to our Animal Control Officers for rescuing this stuck raccoon from a drain!" they wrote.
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Last Thursday, Fairfax County Police posted a picture of a raccoon that was caught in a Reston resident's bird feeder.
Both raccoons appear to have escaped serious harm.
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Thank you to our Animal Control Officers for rescuing this stuck raccoon from a drain! #wildlife #arlingtonco #awla #animalcontrol pic.twitter.com/eucPvL0tWx
— AWLA Arlington, VA (@AWLAArlington) February 13, 2017
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