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City workers kill NYC’s ‘tiger’ raccoon

A raccoon that panicked New Yorkers mistook for a tiger was put down by city workers Wednesday, officials said.

New York’s Animal Care Centers, which took custody of the raccoon, said the masked fiend had to be killed because of the disease risk.

“The raccoon was brought into our facility and was euthanized as required by law for all vector species animals brought into the shelter,” the agency said in a statement.

Raccoons, bats and skunks are all classified as vector species, meaning they are at risk of getting and transmitting rabies.

“Technically, any mammal can do so, but raccoons are a higher risk. Thus, the animal is subject to certain laws by state,” the statement said.

The city kills hundred of raccoons a year, according to a 2017 Post report.





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