By Olivia Wynkoop. Bay City News.
As the state faces a prolonged heat wave, residents may see rats, raccoons and other creatures emerging from hiding places such as in basements and under buildings, an animal control organization warned.
Human Wildlife Control said they responded to reports of a sick raccoon Saturday that was shaking and foaming at the mouth at someone's residence.
Instead of being sick with distemper, she was actually a mother raccoon who was forced to leave her hiding place because of the extreme heat, said Rebecca Dmytryk, executive director of Human Wildlife Control.