I agree. At least let them stay until the babies are full grown

Same, it's a cute house now!

Totally agree! It was sad to see how frightened the mom became.

Yes, I felt very sad to see the momma and her babies ousted out of such a comfortable, safe place. If that were my property, I definitely would have let them stay at least until the babies were grown and able to care for themselves.

You all are wonderful caring, people. I would do the same. I'm so happy to see there are kind people left in this world. God prosper you all ❤️

Do you feed the raccoons and opossums? I’ve never seen a real opossum, only on tv and in videos. Do keep an eye on your soffits and any possible entrance points to your house; you don’t want any animals living in your attic space as the damage costs can be considerable. Having said that, I applaud you for your kindness and your decision to share the land with the four-footed creatures. I feed birds in my yard and I was delighted to see a squirrel coming by to have some peanuts. I leave a bowl of cat crunchies outside in a covered area along with a bowl of water for any hungry animal. I don’t know if it’s homeless cats or what eats it but it’s regularly cleaned out and I change the water frequently.

@@sharong8511 Hi Sharon. Yes, I do feed them all. There are burrows the opossums have dug over the years and both opossums and raccoons live in, separately from one another. The come and go all year round. Both have been caught inside my garage, the raccoons leave without a problem, but the opossums were young and they made themselves a bed and only left once they were ready. Both critters poop in one area, and oposums are very clean animals and will groom themselves steadily. I rescued a baby opossum that was attacked, her head and face was injured. Had her for 3 months, she healed and was ready to be wild. Both critters keep my yards free of bugs and clean up well. My mama raccoon is friendly only, the others are wild, they come, eat and leave every night. The opossums are friendly, they do not attack, they will show their teeth and hiss when scared. Some raccoons will attack when scared or protecting their babies. Always check the pouch of a dead opossum, there could be babies. Contact your local wildlife rehab. Thank you for your kind words.

@@SunnySouthernCA are you afraid of possum pee with your dogs

@@SunnySouthernCA May you be blessed for your kindness! 🙏 💕

@@SunnySouthernCA May you be blessed for your kindness! 🙏 💕

SHE DID I ALMOST CRIED FOR HR AND HER KIDS,

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Good thing there was no alcohol involved! Alcohol always makes for a "better" party, until the next day!

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So cute. Neat to be able to see them, but terrifying for them knowing predators can see them.

Agree

Me too💕

Why? They cause problems and spread diseases. They are pest!

I would leave them there too, but there are heartless people like this family.

Me too

@rutykzuty I love your story about the cats and possum! I was right there with you, and didn't want it to end! Humans who are good to wildlife are *the best* kind of people. 💕✌️

We have possums, feral cats I have spayed and neutered and skunks they all live in somewhat harmony😂...we feed and love them all even the Stinky's

THANK You for All you do to help animals!! Many Blessings!! 👋🤗🦝🏡👍

PLKEAS MAKE THE CLEAR BOXES BIGGER!!

Raccoons prepare at least two nests to hide the young, so the mother will simply move the babies to a new, ready-made place.

I know. I wish I did not watch this video. She is now homeless with 6 babies. Humans think everything belongs to them, even the Earth itself which God gave to all of us to share. She looked so comfortable in there. I am giving this video a thumbs down because they acted as though they did something great for the animal when all they did was serve their human master which comes in the form of paper with green ink on it. Sure, they will get likes because the babies are cute, but then again all that they wanted to do was profit from the animal.

@@justanotherguy469 Normally I would side with you. But as someone else said, "They establish more than 1 place in advance before they make 1 of the places a home. But I do agree with you that people should let them be and finish raising them there since they were only about 1 month to go before they were to start going everywhere with their mother and live all over the outdoors. They people weren't going to be using the Playhouse for a few more months anyhow. So they weren't hurting anything or anyone. But as Gates Wildlife Control says, they do go to 1 of their backup locations they established. But then again, what if their backup established locations had already been occupied or something had happened to them during the time she was raising her babies at the current location? Personally, if I owned the oproperty, I would have brought them food on the daily basis, and tamed up the mother to be friendly, and live on my property as long as she wanted until she dies, or decides she wants to move on. I wouldn't mind having them around. I am like "James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer: www.youtube.com/@JamesBlackwoodRaccoonWhisperer". I would also do the same with Foxes, or Opossums. Screw the Rats and Mice though. The Rats and Mice can just go somewhere else. I can't stand them. Destroys everything, food, clothing, the yard, the house, you name it. Foxes and Raccoons and Opossums can be trained, and even Potty-Trained.

@@JohnSwithen ❤ Mr. Blackwood would be upset.

@@justanotherguy469 Yes, I am so relieved that there are humans that think/feel the way you and I do.

🦝 Great clear container.

Your the only smart one in this comment section that has not stated, oh just let them be, oh just leave them be. So like I mentioned before, that was a very smart 🤓 thing to do. 👍🏽

@@simmonssimmons4494 So in your backwards fucked up logic, where you think you are the superior species that gets to decide who lives and who dies, just because someone says "leave them be" (which IS the right thing to do) that automatically means they are wrong because you aren't hearing what you want to hear in your little false narrative world. Racoons do not have permanent dens. They find what they find, use it, then move on.

Do you also like how they now have no place to live. The cuteness just got you to click like.

@@justanotherguy469 Mother raccoons prepare more than one den site. They are not homeless. Stop being a Karen

IF I SAY IT IS THEN ITS TRUE. SILENCE❗@@amandabilger2235

It might be that they can count at least some (even bees can count up to 5 on different shapes - when tought which number will give them sugar) but not remember those numbers for any amount of time when actually counting and then needing to use that knowledge later. It is one thing to exercise an abstract concept that gives benefit but entirely different one to form memories around something you dont understand. Perhaps not the best analogy: you can read a number of any size, but you can hardly remember a 6 digit number. For them this 6 digit is simply 1 digit or less in reading and 0 in remembering.

Yeah, that girl is unprofessional, to scream like that.

@@solareclipse9379 i'd like to see you do what she does... easy to judge when you're not in the same situation. i think she did great

It broke my heart. Just imagine mom with babies to feed and someone kicks you out.

@@nottheone582 They are not as vicious as people think they are. I have bunch of raccoons come around my house. It's people who are judgmental.

@@Cechil55 your ignorance is showing. racoons can absolutely be vicious if you get between a mom and baby. they are territorial resource guarders.

You mean the play house?? I loved that part. She checked it a few times. Saying to herself. Wtf. They evicted me and my children !!!! And here I was paying my rent every month. Well I will have to move my family but I am not happy about this situation at all. So nice to see companies that care about the wildlife and reunite the family like it should be

@@sharonbrown6595 my favorite part also ❤

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Facts.

This planet was made for us humans, hence why God gave us dominion over every animal: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it..."-Gensis 1:26-28 We are created in the image of God, and since God is Spirit, that means we also have a spirit. We have a soul as well. The soul is our personality, it's our individuality, it's what makes us unique from one another. So when we humans die, our soul goes with our spirit. Whether to heaven or hell, because having the image of God means having a sovereign will to choose right or wrong, evil or Holiness, to be eternally with God or to be eternally separated from God. But Animals only have a soul, so when they die, their soul dies with the body. Though animals do not gather in churches, read Bibles, understand parables, symbols, and riddles, nor build libraries to pass knowledge on to the next generation like us humans, they do still worship the creator like we do. Testimony of Former Witchdoctor from Congo: "As we were about to start our work [witchcraft], we heard over our heads a choir who sang a beautiful melody. Everyone remained calm to admire the beauty of the song. Its contents were: 'We move with ease. We live in quiet and peace, in the shade of large trees. Who deserves the credit? That all credit goes to God, our Creator! Whose? To God, the only Creator of heaven and earth. To Him be praise and honor and glory forever!' Our all eyes turned towards the place from whence the melody had charmed us. A surprise sigh escaped our four chests when we discovered the source of the voice. Perched on a branch, seven wild birds were the authors of this beautiful text (Psalm 150: 6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise You the LORD.). What had surprised me most was not that pigeons can sing, but rather the content of their song. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, God speaks in different ways. But because I was blind, I could not see the hand of God behind the words spoken by these birds. But that day, I lost interest in magic. Something inside me urged me to think, "How the animals, the birds, they know the existence of a Creator God that we must honor, while I, who am a man, I do not know the Creator." I did not have the courage to continue my research. I went home and the others followed me. On the way back, I decided to give up magic [witchcraft]. But the idea of dying young scared me. I had only a couple of decades. So I decided to serve [satan] again until I reach 70 years"-LISUNGI MBULA, "The Song of the Wild Pideons" spiritreports.blogspot.com/2018/11/lisungi-mbula-4.html?m=1

@@finalfantasy3808 Even greater weight of responsibly to take care of the Earth and its inhabatents not less. We were given dominion and therefore the Earth's care takers. Your point doesn't support trashing it for our own pleasure. This planet is a giant ecosystem and to hurt it is to harm ourselves.

@@jenniferhebb9348 Exactly. Animals have just as much right to live on this planet as we do. They are not the ones destroying the planet. I really feel sad that people want to evict these beautiful animals when they are doing no harm. I would feel blessed if they used my shed.

@@finalfantasy3808 but what would Harry Potter and Lennie Small have to say?

These r friendly humans

Exactly..what harm the humans did they pose..could have tolerated them till spring..they would have instinctively left then.

Wild animals can survive on their own without the help of humans. I'm sure they were fine.

​@@kelly5198 They're one of the primary rabies carriers. Anyway it's a good practice to minimize exposure of these wild animals to human activities, for the sake of both parties.

@@kelly5198 it's just so mean they were evicted they would have left on their own, just for a little while longer see the stayed until they got a little bit older. :(

Should have paid the rent on time then..

@@shaqyardie8105 LOL

They would just evict them as well. Humans think they own the world. A mother with her babies.

Right? They were already at least 3 weeks old. Raccoon babies are weaned & eating solid foods, becoming independent around 9-12 weeks. Let them have their cozy little house for 6-9 weeks more & they'll all leave. Homeowner wants them out right now! Sheesh. Poor mamma raccoon.

And it’s there own fault for leaving the door open and unlocked!

Lol or maybe his daughter wants use of her treehouse

The raccoon wasn't paying rent

What service? Eviction of a mom with children?

The baby box was quiet small they all squashed up

@@bhavnarana6779 and placing it up right made it a struggle for the Mom to get them out from 7: 28 through 11: 01

​@@bhavnarana6779 quite* (not quiet) 🙄

@@msheart2 I think it took that long because she was making trips to relocate some of them in between

What they did was evict a mom with her babies. The cuteness just helped them to get likes. They could have just let her finish rearing her babies. They were not using the house. They profit from the animals and then kicked them out. Sounds like a group of people I know of.

That's what I am think too

This homeowner was worried as he had two young kids that use the backyard. As you can see in the video, the mother raccoon charged towards us which could have been very dangerous for a young child.

@@gateswildlife it’s sad. Little kids shouldn’t be left in a backyard alone unsupervised. From the video the raccoons were in a plaything. The mother raccoon charged at you because you were messing with her babies. Otherwise she would have stayed away from you. Most wildlife avoid humans. Instead of teaching the kids about raccoons and exploring nature in the backyard, the homeowner teaches his kids to be intolerant towards wildlife. I volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation place and the cruelty of mankind to animals is truly disgusting.

@@sk8ercaligirl Oh get off your high horse ..it's a play area for kids not a raccoon den.Always so easy to say what you would do when its other people's property involved. We'll get Gates to transfer the racoons to your house next time..see how you like it.

Who the hell wants a dam 🦝 living in their house! You people are weird! I love to see how cute they are once they tear through vents air ducts and possibly attack your pets or kids!

Yes we noticed that! This was our first time using the box but we have since purchased an anti fog product to use in future videos

@@gateswildlife Also put something soft around that plexi hole - it must be hurting the babies to have them hauled over the edge of it !

Right? Kept testing the door: "Why can't I get inside my house?" 😕

@@Jurisrachel 😂😂😂indeed

It was the perfect warm & safe nursery!

@@meggan71 IKR 😫

they always have a second spot.

Racoons lived there long before human came to the continent

@@rasimbot is this a serious comment? geez people are full on mental now. the raccoons will be fine. they don't cry and feel sorry for themselves like you. they adapt and get on with it. plus the reason there are so many raccoons is they thrive in a human-made urban environment.

@@Youtuube304s | I don't understand what you mean

Pretty sure they meant that the raccoons have lived so long in this area that they'll be fine when released, not that they shouldn't have been moved. Calm down.

I have 2 who come for the peanuts on my second floor balcony. They amaze me how they could climb with their little hands/

thumbs down. let them live.

@@rofflesufunny you realize that "ready for release" means they'll survive in the wild where they belong - right?

@@KonradTheWizzard When someone feeds them until release they are too domesticated to be able to survive in the wild I'm sure!

You mean they come in to places like this because its easy access to free food? They aren't as encroached on as you think they are.

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Trisha Ferreira you like others are so brainwashed if you think living in Toronto is encroached on their environment, they move in for easy access to food, and fyi you’re pushing for pack and stacks for humans, we are also part of nature

Yes it’s very sad. Cruel evicting them like that. What an amazing mother and what a selfish heartless race we’ve become!

why are they more entitled to this space than humans or any other animal?

Except that no footage showed it from inside.

They needed a bigger box.

Thank you for your concern. There are air vents on the front of the box and the lid of the box was left open for them! We made sure the box was completely humane before implementing it years ago.

I agree Diane Knight. 👍

I just adore raccoons ❤❤❤

They're cute but they can be some vicious little creatures for sure. People don't like them because they're not only invasive but they will attack other animals and go through people's trash bins and make a mess. There was one that attacked my brothers little puppy one time while she was eating Looks can be deceiving. It's best to remove them to a safer environment than by anywhere near your home.

I know.. it made no sense to pay people to remove them. Poor raccoons.

they didn't make them homeless, raccoons usually have multiple den sites. you're projecting your human feelings on an animal.

Right. I would of turned it into a temporary racoon house for the mother to raise her babies in, and then put a bunch of soft blankets inside with some food and water for them, and maybe even a tiny space heater if it got too cold at night.

They'd be leaving soon, let them be!

Doesn't mean they won't pose a threat to the kids in the back yard

Because it’s their job to remove them. If the homeowner wants them out then they’ve decided to have them removed one way or another. Not all places do humane rescues. This is the best deal the animals are going to get. Racoons are a primary carrier of rabies. Many people don’t care to take the risk. They also tend to damage property as well and there are people who don’t care for that. When I grew up people would just put out antifreeze. It’s a clear liquid that is tasteless and animals will drink it thinking it’s water. Which ends up killing them because it’s poisonous.

On this occasion I think I agree. They would be gone anyway in a few more weeks!

She was pretty confused - she knew where they were SUPPOSED to be, and the smells were still there - it was pretty sad watching her take so much time to find out where they actually were - she kept double checking, you could see she didn't accept the change at first - NO mine are inside the house !!!

It's all cute until you save them, they return to come tear up your shingles and leave excrement everywhere

I once came across two raccoons in a large garbage bin. They couldn't get out because the garbage wasn't high enough for them. I carefully placed a large cardboard box in with them, then moved twenty feet away. First one, then the second raccoon climbed up and away.

Both raccoons and opossums typically poop in one area where they spend their time. Opossums are a very clean animal where grooming is active. Both of these critters will dig in yards and make a mess, this is their search for food, and both will rid your yard of insects and ticks. Wildlife.

@@SunnySouthernCA the amount of parasites, especially worms that originaTe from raccoon latrines and infect everything in contact with it makes them a deadly nuisance to both humans and other wildlife.

@@Bog8686 That statement is exaggerated. All wildlife and even our pets can contract bacteria that can cause illnesses. Cleaning the cat box can cause illnesses. Taking precautions with any fecal matter is necessary. Not all wildlife nor family pets are carrying diseases.

That's what I think, too. They weren't hurting anything

I would and they will leave on their own.

@@milesjohnson5487 Coon's are clean Animal's

@@edwardwebster8427 🤣🤣🤣 As someone in this exact business. Not entirely . Also just like Miles said. The smell on lots of raccoon feces in one place is nauseating

@@RollReacts Ok well I live in the country so have them all over

I agree. Some people just don't have a heart.

That does happen from time to time! You can witness that happening in our other KZfaq video called 'The Perfect Home For a Trash Panda'

This homeowner was worried as he had two young kids that use the backyard. As you can see in the video, the mother raccoon charged towards us which could have been very dangerous for a young child. There is also a disease associated with raccoon feces that can be fatal for humans. It is extremely dangerous for young children to be playing so close to a family of raccoons.

I really doubt that, lol. An aggressive mama raccoon in a kids playhouse in your yard?

Now imagine if you were evicted the way these heartless humans did to this mother and her children. What would you do? The cuteness of the babies did enable likes on the video though.

​@@justanotherguy469cut with the bullshit, the home owner wanted those wild animals out of his property and that's the end of the story.

@@ndjibukabengele973 Inhumane human. God gave all of us the earth. Perhaps those animals want their human-infested land back. You cut the bullshit. Do you think God made the world just for you? Do you think man has the final say on all things?

Naw it's just you.

No, it isn’t just you. I feel the same way!

Seems like they need to put some air holes in it or maybe there are, but not visible.

Hi Karen, thank you for your concern. We are aware of the plexiglass being an issue in direct sun. We won't be using this box once it is warmer in Ontario and will never leave the box in the direct sunlight. This box was protected by the shelter of the playhouse and it was only 0 degrees out that day.

@@gateswildlife Thanks for putting my mind at ease. I figured you probably were aware.

I swear I came here to ask the same question 👀🤔

Wondering the exact same thing!

looks like insulation that could be leftover from a different rescue they did

But they would have to have waited a bit longer, the kids don’t come out of the nest for a good bit....the owners could have waited for that time....at night they go foraging all in one line...so cute....they could have just shut it up after they left at evening.

wild animals do not belong in human buildings. It's not cold blooded to remove them, it's smart and safe.

Amen!

Y’all are acting like they chose to relocate them?!? The homeowners did People are are so damn dense

@@cambowsher0613 Are you dense... Go watch Planet of the Apes..Then you will get it...