09/13/2026
Release Day always fills me with a kind of joy that’s hard to put into words. Today, these smart, mischievous, endlessly curious raccoons stepped into the life they were meant for — a beautiful property with woods, a stream, minnows, crayfish, and all the wild wonders they deserve.
I’m deeply grateful to the landowners who opened their hearts and their home so these babies could have the perfect place to begin their next chapter. Watching them explore, hesitate, then finally run toward freedom… it’s the moment every long night, every feeding, every worry becomes worth it.
Raising them has been a privilege. Letting them go is an honor. And seeing them claim their wildness again fills my heart more than I can say.