Woman strangles raccoon that attacked child
‘A local woman killed a raccoon with her bare hands Thursday when the animal attacked a young boy.
Officials with Cheshire animal control say the woman was walking in the woods around 11 a.m. with a group of children when the animal bit the 5-year-old son of a friend. She pulled the raccoon off the child, told the children to run home and strangled the animal, authorities said.
The carcass was taken to a state laboratory in Hartford where it tested positive for rabies.’
