A police response to reports of a raccoon behaving erratically turned into a gruesome public spectacle in a Mass. town on ...

The Town Administrator and Police Chief of Hopedale issued a joint statement on Friday over public concern regarding an ...

Town officials said the officers "employed the safest available method under the circumstances to euthanize the animal and eliminate the threat." ...

“Additional calls described the raccoon as disoriented, wobbling, and acting erratically — behavior widely recognized by ...

Massachusetts animal rights advocates are sounding the alarm after a local police department in Worcester County euthanized a ...