MOUNT JOY, Pa. — Members of a Lancaster County police department pitched in Sunday to help out a group of wayward tourists -- a small family of raccoons.
According to an account on the Mount Joy Borough Police Department's Facebook page, the raccoons were found stranded inside a semi-trailer delivery at a local business. It is believed they made the trip to Mount Joy all the way from Denver, Colorado, the police department said.
The mother raccoon and two babies were released into the wild, and while the mother seemed to have little trouble adjusting, her babies appeared to be struggling, the department said.
Police then decided to call the Raven Ridge Wildlife Center, where staff members agreed to take in the baby raccoons and rehabilitate them, the police department said.
"This (Monday) morning we received a report the brother and sister kits are responding well to their treatments," the police department said.
