As we teach the children in the schools. Not only is it illegal to possess Belizean wildlife without a license, most make very poor pets and the outcome is usually abandonment and death for the animals. Raccoons are very cute when they are little but they become aggressive, dangerous and destructive when they reach sexual maturity. That is when they are either killed, caged and neglected or abandoned (they can no longer fend for themselves and will either become dangerous nuisance animals or die of starvation). Please leave our wild animals in the wild. Also keep in mind that raccoon carry rabies and other diseases that are transmissible to humans. Its a shame that adults are not being more responsible role models to our children.