She Saved A ‘Violent’ Albino Raccoon, And Now They’re Best Pals.

When a person thinks of a raccoon, the first thing that comes to mind is not a sweet pet that will cuddle with you. Instead, raccoons are associated with wildlife. You see them scurry outside amongst the trees. A lot of people are even scared of raccoons as they're not typically friendly.

Maxine Baird, on the other hand, has already raised over 200 raccoons. She's the founder of A New Hope animal sanctuary in Georgia. When she was contacted to foster a very aggressive albino raccoon she was expecting it to be the worst one yet. However, she wound up meeting a raccoon that was the opposite.

When first contacted, the animal care people told Baird that the raccoon has been through hell, with "the abuse and the most horrific conditions."

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However, to Baird's surprise, the raccoon didn't look aggressive at all when she arrived. Instead she looked scared, sad, and unhealthy.

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Then one day the poor raccoon did something she least expected. “I’d been going through some stuff in my personal life… so I went out there, and I sat by her and she came right up to me."

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"She hadn’t come up to anyone yet, and she came up and sniffed me, and put her little hands in my hand.”

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