{"id":906723,"date":"2026-09-23T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/906723\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:10:11","slug":"raccoon-rescued-on-burlington-highway-ramp-after-drivers-alert-opp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/906723\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon rescued on Burlington highway ramp after drivers alert OPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick\u2011thinking group of motorists helped OPP officers rescue a stranded raccoon last week after the animal wandered into live traffic on a busy Burlington highway ramp.<\/p>\n<p>OPP Burlington says drivers spotted the raccoon struggling in the left lane of the ramp from eastbound Hwy. 403 to Hwy. 407, prompting several calls to police. <\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived within minutes and blocked the lane to prevent a collision and give the animal space.<\/p>\n<p>The raccoon \u2014 affectionately dubbed Rocky by officers \u2014 was safely guided off the roadway and bolted into nearby brush, appearing unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790176211_871_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A quick\u2011thinking group of motorists helped OPP officers rescue a stranded raccoon last week after the animal wandered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-906723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}