Game officers shoot pet raccoon dead while owners plea
By Julye Wemple - Press Enterprise writer

Last updated: October 30, 2014 - 3:46pm

Shawna Rhodes stands next to the cage where the family's fostered raccoon stayed. A Game Commission officer shot the animal dead Thursday morning. (Press Enterprise/Julye Wemple)
FRANKLIN TWP. — Dixie, the friendly, orphaned raccoon that was taken in by a rural Catawissa family, was shot dead by a Game Commission officer...

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