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**Sarah**

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DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A baby raccoon that got stuck head-first in a sewer grate is free thanks to the quick and slippery work of some city workers in suburban Detroit.

The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/Mc835t ) Dearborn Heights Department of Public Works Director Bill Zimmer was in his front yard Wednesday when he noticed the critter. He called fellow Public Works employees for help. They used vegetable oil and dish soap to free the raccoon.

A release from Dearborn Heights says the crew took the raccoon to the Public Works yard for a "much-needed shower" before letting it go in the woods.

The animal was OK after the ordeal.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Oi...654717.php

**DinoDNA**

Poor guy! Glad he's safe!

When I was a kid I saved a rabbit stuck in a fence..... It tried to squeeze through, and failed. My brother and I took some wire snips and freed him. Kept him overnight, and got him some food and water, and the next day, we let him out the door, and he was gone.

I enjoy reading stories like this - gives me some hope for humanity.

Thanks :)
Cheers

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 103006 06-23-2012 07:37 PM

too bad, michigan has too many raccooons as it is ;(

**DinoDNA**

LoP Guest Wrote:

too bad, michigan has too many raccooons as it is ;(

I see what you did there.