A raccoon attacked an infant inside an Idaho home this week as the baby boy was in a carrier, the state wildlife department said Friday.

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A mom yanked an attacking raccoon off her baby boy in her home in Idaho, wildlife officials said. The incident happened Dec. 23 in Cassia County, Idaho Fish and Game said in a Dec. 27 news release.

The mother found a raccoon attacking her infant. She was able to grab the animal to stop the attack. It is unknown how the raccoon gained access to the home. The infant was taken by the parents to ...

Officials said the results came back negative. Raccoon attacks on humans are “extremely rare,” officials said. “Raccoons are generally shy and will typically avoid humans, but they can ...

Getty An Idaho mother rescued her infant son from a raccoon attack inside of their home before the baby’s father and a sheriff’s deputy killed the animal. On Monday, Dec. 23, officers from the ...

A bewildered mom happened upon her infant son being attacked by a raccoon that had snuck inside their Idaho home and successfully fended off the unlikely holiday visitor. The mother called the ...

“The mother found a raccoon attacking her infant. She was able to grab the animal to stop the attack,” the department said. The child’s father and a Cassia County sheriff’s deputy went to ...

A child was hospitalized after a raccoon attack inside the family's home, state officials said Friday. The incident happened on Monday in Cassia County after the child's mom had just returned home ...