It seems a huge percentage of the pictures posted on this sub are of raccoons being fed by humans. I totally get the desire to do that. Hell, I’ve done it in years past! I am posting to make the humble request people stop doing this, as it can put raccoons in danger.

When wildlife comes to see humans as snack machines, they become acclimated to people and are much more likely to approach the wrong person. Or maybe you move and the next person to move in sees the raccoons as a menace.

We all know where this leads.

Please think twice. A raccoons life could hang in the balance. There is also a question of the nutritional content of what people feed them, though with raccoons I worry about that less since they raid trash cans and get the same type of food anyway.

I am fully aware this post will not be appreciated by a lot of you. Still, please think about it.