Despite the name ‘zombie raccoons,’ Toronto’s scavengers won’t be the walking dead with a craving for brains. But, you might notice an uptick in sick and deceased raccoons in the city’s streets.
This is due, in part, to the canine distemper virus, a disease that has ravaged raccoon and skunk populations for years in the city.
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In August, the city received 54 calls requesting pick up of dead or injured animals. In October, there were 3,769
There were political blunders, declarations of war, even an unsolved murder. And in the span of a century, Toronto went from zero raccoons to the