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‘We’re still getting calls’ to ‘reports have decreased’: Situation of raccoons with suspected canine distemper varies by agency on OBX

Writer: Corinne SaundersCorinne Saunders
Feb 267 min read

A raccoon drinks from a puddle.

A raccoon drinks water from a puddle in the road in Kill Devil Hills on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (Photo by Corinne Saunders)


By Corinne Saunders


Reports of sick raccoons around the Outer Banks began last summer, and as the deadly canine distemper virus cycle continues, current complaint levels vary by agency.

 

“The calls just kind of come in waves,” Bill Coleman, executive director of the Outer Banks SPCA in Manteo, told Outer Banks Insider in a Monday phone interview.

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