Cheshire Mom Kills Raccoon That Bit Child

(From The Associated Press)

A woman killed a raccoon with her bare hands Thursday when the animal attacked a young boy.

Officials with Cheshire, Connecticut animal control say the woman was walking in the woods around 11 am with a group of children when the animal bit the 5-year-old son of a friend.

She pulled the raccoon off the child, told the children to run home and strangled the animal, authorities said.

The carcass was taken to a state laboratory in Hartford where it tested positive for rabies.

The woman and the boy are undergoing rabies treatment.

Their names have not been released.

Cheshire Mom Kills Raccoon That Bit Child

Tim Harmon, thanks for the post.