Cases of Sick and Injured Raccoons on the Rise in Toronto, City Says

A raccoon licks his chops in an environment reproducing a Laurentian Maple Forrest during a media event at Montreal's Biodome on Aug. 20, 2020. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Calls about sick or injured animals continue to keep Toronto Animal Services employees busy this year as the canine distemper virus persistently plagues the raccoon population.

The city received 6,567 service requests for dead, sick, or injured animals from Jan. 1 to April 30 this year, most of them regarding raccoons.