A Lenexa man is trying to legalize pet raccoons in Kansas. Stephen Kaspar is one step closer after testifying before the ...

House Bill 251, which has yet to receive a vote in either chamber of the Legislature, would allow raccoons and gray squirrels ...

You start playing with raccoons in the backyard. CONLON: Having a pet raccoon is legal in at least a handful of states but not Kansas. And with the help of a lawmaker who had a raccoon companion ...

In New York, it’s illegal to keep animals like squirrels and raccoons as pets. So after receiving numerous complaints, the state Department of Environmental Conservation took the animals from ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow Kansans who obtain raccoon ownership permits to keep the animals as pets. For the past four years, Lenexa resident Stephen Kaspar has ...

LENEXA, Kansas (KSHB) — Stephen Kaspar is one step closer to legalizing pet raccoons in Kansas after testifying before the state legislature last month. Kaspar, of Lenexa, has been fascinated ...

The bill was introduced to prevent another situation like one in New York where an illegal pet squirrel was taken and euthanized last year.