Local raccoon information

Raccoon control in Colorado

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Raccoons in Colorado: what to know

Around Colorado

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see raccoons, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Raccoons in Colorado: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in Colorado, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

2 miles

Maximum relocation distance

Relocation must occur within 2 miles of the capture site.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Notify CPW and get landowner permission

Before you release

CPW must be notified in advance and permission obtained from the landowner or managing agency where the animal will be released.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Yes

Raccoons are an exception to the move-nothing rule

Small game and furbearers caught in live traps generally cannot be moved from the capture site and must be killed or released on site, with raccoons, cottontail rabbits and tree squirrels excepted.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Raccoon species recorded in Colorado

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Present in all 48 contiguous states; furbearer/game animal in most, with seasons, but nuisance take is generally allowed on one's own property.

Rules that apply in Colorado

CPW Common Human-Wildlife Conflict Species (2-mile relocation rule)

For context, nationally

29% — Share of U.S. rabid animals that are raccoons. CDC
10% — Raccoons that expose people or pets and turn out rabid (within endemic range). CDC

Sources: Colorado Parks and Wildlife; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Semi-Arid · suburban setting

Raccoon control in Colorado

Raccoons in Colorado: what to know

Around Colorado

What to note

A useful next step

Raccoons in Colorado: what the public record shows

Raccoon species recorded in Colorado

Rules that apply in Colorado

For context, nationally

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