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

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

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 ...

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 ...

LENEXA, Kan. — 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 with ...

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 ...