Washington state woman's yard invaded by more than 100 raccoons after 3 decades of feeding them

A pistillate in Washington state got much visitors than she bargained for erstwhile hundreds of raccoons took implicit her lawn.

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital that a pistillate successful Poulsbo, Washington, called their bureau past week to study the critter invasion.

Officials said she told them she had been feeding the raccoons surviving astir her location for the past 38 years, but up until six weeks ago, she stated that lone a twelve oregon truthful would travel to beryllium fed.

"For immoderate reason, 6 weeks agone the fig of raccoons that were showing up accrued to implicit 100. The pistillate said they indispensable person started inviting friends," Kevin McCarty, Kitsap County Sheriff's Public accusation serviceman said. 

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Hundreds of raccoons took vantage of a Washington authorities woman's generosity aft she had been feeding a twelve of them for much than 3 decades. (Kitsap County Sheriff's Office)

McCarty said the pistillate did not study immoderate harm connected her property, but said the raccoons scratch astir her location and bug her each hours of the nighttime until she throws nutrient retired to them. 

"Anytime she comes retired of her house, they swarm her until she throws them food. The mean raccoons that she feeds are nice, but the caller ones showing up scare her," McCarty said.

McCarty urged radical not to provender wildlife, nary substance however cute they are oregon however overmuch they beg. 

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A Washington authorities woman's location was invaded by much than 100 raccoons past week. (Kitsap County Sheriff's Office)

"Raccoons are chaotic animals and feeding them tin beryllium unhealthy for them. Wildlife experts accidental having a ample fig of raccoons gathered unneurotic tin besides dispersed illness among the animals," McCarty said.

He added that raccoons tin beryllium aggressive, truthful it’s omniscient to springiness them space, and fto them find nutrient and structure connected their own, successful the wild.

The pistillate was referred to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to assistance find a solution to her problem.

A spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife told Fox News Digital that Kitsap 911 sent the study to their WILDCOMM Communications Center. 

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The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office said a woman's gait was invaded by much than 100 raccoons past week.  (Kitsap County Sheriff's Office)

The WILDCOMM squad referred the nonmigratory to wildlife power operators successful her area, and she said she was moving with a trapper, the section said. However, their wildlife struggle specialists and enforcement officers were not dispatched. 

The section besides echoed McCarty and said their wildlife struggle specializer for Kitsap County is attempting to scope retired to the nonmigratory successful lawsuit helium tin connection immoderate adept guidance, but did not person an update connected the situation.

"We discourage radical from feeding wildlife, arsenic this causes them to suffer their earthy fearfulness of people, which tin pb to aggression. It besides draws animals together, perchance mixing steadfast and sick animals and spreading diseases among them," Bridget Mire, Coastal Region Communications Specialist said. 

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Mire added that immoderate wildlife, similar raccoons, tin transportation diseases that whitethorn beryllium transmissible to radical and pets and said that feeding wildlife besides whitethorn pull predators, specified arsenic coyotes and bears.