Hi BP: Oh yes... raccoons are smart, resourceful & tough... plus they're adapting to living in urban centers among humans very successfully! There was a program on the "Nature" series on public television in the U.S. oh... I'd say about a year ago, about raccoons & how they're adapting to life in & around the cities. Some of the footage was amazing!

A few years ago we owned a house with a decorative pond in the back yard. There was a point at which every morning we'd get up & find the whole thing messed up. After a few days of this, it occurred to us it might be a raccoon. So we contacted Animal Control. They brought out a live trap. And the next morning we had a great big raccoon in the trap. And he was not happy about the situation either!