RaccoonQuest Montréal *Update*

[u/raccdadd]

Bonjour!

A few weeks ago I posted on this sub asking for recommendations as to where I could find Raccoons in the city during a short vacation.

I am thrilled to report that with your help it was a success! I followed the suggestions to check out Mount Royal lookout at sunset and upon arrival I was greeted by at least 5 plump trash pandas. I did not feed or attempt to pet don’t worry!

I just wanted to express my thanks for making this possible it was in the top three highlights of the trip for me. Montreal is such a beautiful city you are all so lucky!

attached a couple photos

[u/MeatyMagnus]

Cute post, I have never heard of anybody seeking them out before. Seems like most people don't want to interact with these guys.

[u/notanyimbecile → u/MeatyMagnus]

Like French tourists taking pictures of squirrels haha

[u/MeatyMagnus → u/notanyimbecile]

Really? 😮

[u/Mylaex → u/MeatyMagnus]

In many countries squirrels aren't as common as here so it's impressive to them! We're just spoiled.

For me it was being so used to our raccoons being tanks I never figured out, that's what racoons always looked like to me cause that my default.

If you check the comments of any videos with Canadian racoons, people are SHOCKED at the size of our chonkers because in most other countries you can find them (evidently, the warmer weather countries) racoons are much skinnier :P

[u/Successful_Doctor_89 → u/MeatyMagnus]

Yeah, its a real thing.

[u/Puddyrama → u/MeatyMagnus]

Oh, I LOVE when they visit my back porch. I always provide them with fresh water, and they enjoy it. I don't feed them, though. They're so stinking adorable and their social dynamics are very amusing to watch,

[u/KJ-55 → u/MeatyMagnus]

Can confirm my Brazilian fiancé and his family love raccoons and squirrels.

[u/somethingold]

Just wanted to say that that is the cutest thing I’ve ever read (and cutest picture… damn raccoons are the cutest pests ever)

[u/pattyG80 → u/somethingold]

Thanks sir!

[u/raccdadd → u/somethingold]

Thanks! 😊

[u/ImaginationFinal5380]

Trash pandas 😆

[u/AutumnAFar]

OMGGGG THEY’RE SO CUTE 😭😭 We have raccoons in my neighbourhood that have been very active recently and I’ve loved seeing them so much.

[u/PoutineTriste]

There is a rabies outbreak in the province right now. PSA

[u/marslo → u/PoutineTriste]

None confirmed in Montreal as of right now, but there's been 42 cases in the eastern townships

[u/c_kruze]

Saw an IG reel recently where someone had french guests staying with them. Young couple were flabbergasted watching the trash pandas through the sliding back doors. One even asked, "Can we pet them?!" 🤣

[u/marslo]

Glad my suggestion helped :)

Look at their little faces, they're adorable.

[u/raccdadd → u/marslo]

Thanks 😊

[u/One_Resolution_8357]

Cute pictures, thanks for sharing.

I do not go looking for them, they find me ! Last week, I found a young racoon stuck in my brown bin. He had eated all my table scraps (yuk!). I tilted the bin and he got out fast !

I did not approach him, they are sometimes rabid.

[u/LBarouf]

Thank you for not feeding them. As cute as they are, they are still pests.

[u/missdayday67]

God I love raccoons so much they are so cute!

[u/Musique_Plus]

Pregnant raccoon can get so huuuuggee!

Saw one time at the imperial tobacco parking lot and it was looking like a huge turtle, its been like 20 years and that scene is still crystal clear lol

[u/diego_tomato → u/Musique_Plus]

I saw one far away in the dark and she was so big she could pass for a small bear

[u/LittleSunshyne4]

Pleas don’t go near them. Recently they’ve been found to have rage. But they are the cutesttttt

[u/JulienTremblaze]

Those damn rakins!

[u/ParfaitEither284]

Don’t feed them

[u/Mylaex]

It's the little hands for me. SO CUTE!!! 🥰🥰

[u/RavensAndRacoons]

Awwww they're so pretty

[u/astr0bleme]

Quite possibly the cutest damn pests on the planet.

[u/kyokyopuffs]

and aren’t they the cutest!

[u/strawbbella]

i love them

[u/BodhisattvaJones]

If ever looking again, my best luck in Montreal was around the garbage cans in the La Ronde parking lot. Met a whole family also.

[u/ter4646]

All I see is rabbies

[u/Lord-Velveeta → u/ter4646]

Rabbies? I didn’t know trash pandas were Jewish? 🙂

[u/Successful_Doctor_89 → u/ter4646]

I don't why the downvote, that all I see too.

[u/Realistic_Choice_658]

" Bonjour !"

[u/Happy_Bottom_]

I don’t understand how anyone finds these things to be cute. They’re dangerous disease-ridden pests that eat trash.

[u/thecanadiantommy → u/Happy_Bottom_]

So a bit like you?

[u/Capable_Constant1085]

"Raccoon rabies on the rise in Quebec"

• CTV News

[u/Orphanpip → u/Capable_Constant1085]

Ya certainly deserving of caution with any wild animal, but also there are only like 2 known confirmed cases of raccoon to human transmission of rabies. Bats remain the most dangerous animal for rabies transmission to humans in Quebec, and for all of North America.

Raccoon rabies is not endemic in Quebec since the government tries to vaccine and control for it, but it is endemic in the US. Since 2024 there have been some raccoon rabies in Southern Quebec but it hasn't spread too far yet and hopefully a targetted vaccination project will manage to push it out of the province again.