Around Rhode Island
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local raccoon information
Raccoon control in Rhode Island
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Raccoons in Rhode Island: what to know
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 Rhode Island: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in Rhode Island, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Prohibited
Relocation
Capturing a wild animal and releasing it in another location is prohibited in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Department of Environmental ManagementProtected furbearers
Species covered by the translocation ban
DEM regulations prohibit translocation of protected furbearers, a list that includes raccoon, opossum, skunk, gray squirrel, rabbits, woodchuck, muskrat, coyote, river otter and bobcat.
Rhode Island Department of Environmental ManagementDisease spread
Why the ban exists
DEM notes moving animals around the landscape increases the chance of introducing disease into uninfected populations, and that traps and cages can themselves become contaminated.
Rhode Island Department of Environmental ManagementRaccoon species recorded in Rhode Island
- 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 Rhode Island
For context, nationally
Sources: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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