If you see a raccoon acting strangely, stay away from it. You can take a video from a distance and send it to your animal services. Just give them some space. Do not corner them. If you corner a mother with the kids, then she will be mad just like you would be. But if they are acting strangely and do look to be in pain, then call Animal Services. Raccoons have vocalizations when they're not in pain, when they're happy or communicating? So they talk. When they're mating, they... I always get emails about this. Every year in January, oh my God, the raccoons are dying. No, no, that