Patricia Wyer has seen many animals come and go at her wildlife rescue center near Cheyenne.
Her most heartwarming tale of 2025 is that of a mama raccoon who lost her babies, trashed a pickup in her angst, but then got a second chance.
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The story started in June when a Cheyenne resident reported finding four kits (baby raccoons) hiding in his boat.
Chris Saunders, owner and operator of the Cheyenne-based 307 Pest critter-catching company, came over to live-trap the kits. He took them to Wyer’s Broken Bandit Wildlife Center east of Cheyenne.
The assumption was the kits’ mother was probably dead.
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