330- Raccoon Resistance




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Summary: After Toronto unveiled its "raccoon-resistant" compost bins in 2016, some people feared the animals would be starved, but many more celebrated the innovative design. Rolling out this novel locked bin opened a new battlefront in city's ongoing "war on raccoons." Journalist Amy Dempsey was researching the bins and raccoon behavior when her reporting took an unexpected turn down her own garbage-strewn alleyway. Had local raccoons finally figured out how to defeat the greatest human effort in our “war” against their kind? <a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=27524&amp;post_type=episode" target="_blank">Raccoon Resistance</a> <a href="https://www.radiotopia.fm/" target="_blank">SUPPORT RADIOTOPIA TODAY!</a>