{"id":410655,"date":"2026-08-19T08:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410655\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:22:19","slug":"austin-wildlife-rescue-releases-raccoon-back-into-the-wild-after-monthlong-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410655\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Wildlife Rescue releases raccoon back into the wild after monthlong recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A raccoon that arrived at Austin Wildlife Rescue with &#8220;significant head trauma&#8221; has been released back into the wild after more than six weeks of care.<\/p>\n<p>The raccoon was weak, wobbly and confused when it came into the organization&#8217;s care, according to the Austin Wildlife Rescue. Staff quarantined the animal upon intake to monitor for additional symptoms and found it needed hydration and rest.<\/p>\n<p>After more than a month and a half of treatment, the raccoon recovered enough to be released, the organization said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This handsome fella immediately used his climbing skills to pose for the camera and make it known he is back to tip top shape!&#8221; The organization said. &#8220;Don\u2019t let that sweet bear face fool you, he wanted nothing to do with our release coordinator and even stowed away a few strawberries for snacking options on his release excursion.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A raccoon that arrived at Austin Wildlife Rescue with &#8220;significant head trauma&#8221; has been released&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-410655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}