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Because of demand from Asia and other regions, racoon prices are skyrocketing. Trapping is becoming very profitable and trapping supply houses are quickly selling out their supplies and equipment. 2014/2015 fur bearer season promises to be the largest in recent memory, due to the inflated prices fetched by prime coon pelts. Example: NAFA 2013 auction prices averaged $31.20 per pelt (with over a half million pelts sold). This is double the prices paid on average for the previous year. http://trappingtoday.com/index.php/category/fur-prices/ This article would better serve readers if it included this current info, rather than info about fur prices from 30 years ago. Trapping -- not just of coons, but of all fur bearers -- is enjoying a renaissance, and raccoons are an economically important species to many rural landowners not just because of the damage they cause, but because of their worth in the fur trade. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.175.243.71 (talk) 20:22, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can you give a nursing raccoon antibiotics if they may have a problem that you know is NOT rabies? Autumnraccoonlover (talk) 10:03, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for discussing the content of the article, not general questions about raccoons. Having said that, please be very careful about any advice you might get on here - there are people out there who love raccoons and others who hate them. Seek specialist veterinary advice.__DrChrissy (talk) 18:38, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The feedback on wildlife articles has legitimate requests from casual users who want to know more... please don't disable it. Krushia (talk) 14:31, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"...In the first half of the 1990s, the seasonal hunt dropped to 0.9 to 1.9 million due to decreasing pelt prices..." ?? Jacek555 (talk) 19:32, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Dger (talk) 22:47, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]