Experts share their best tips for deterring these nocturnal bandits from looting your garbage. What’s more frustrating than finding the contents of your garbage bin strewn about in a giant mess?

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as Toronto discovered after it spend millions on raccoon-proof waste bins. Unlike traditional bins, the lids had special gravity locks, which open when a garbage truck arm turns the bin upside down.

My friend’s father loves to tell stories about how his family had pet raccoons when he was growing up. It wasn’t until he ...

Raccoon sightings are widespread in many places across the country, including the state of Washington. You’ve probably encountered them rummaging through your garbage at some point or another or ...

"Trash Pandas" makes sense because raccoons share the black and white coloring of panda bears, but are similar in size and shape to a red panda. They also love trash.

Never purposefully feed a raccoon. A homeowner can limit food sources by securing residential garbage, removing any fallen fruit or rotten produce from your yard or garden, feeding pets indoors ...

Additionally, garbage around homes should be secured, fallen or rotten fruit should be removed from gardens and pets should be fed inside homes. Residents can limit hiding places for raccoons by ...

Toronto residents have had a problem with raccoons breaking into their trash cans. But now the city is introducing new bins meant to stop the critters from getting in. Photo: The City of Toronto ...