{"id":395052,"date":"2026-01-08T11:29:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395052\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:29:05","slug":"homeland-security-rescues-raccoon-from-dumpster-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395052\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security rescues raccoon from dumpster in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE \u2014 A raccoon is no worse for wear after a dumpster-diving adventure took a wrong turn, thanks to the help of the Washington State Patrol Homeland Security Division.<\/p>\n<p>WSP Homeland Security was called to Colman Dock in Seattle after Washington State Ferry staff found a raccoon stuck in a garbage dumpster on the property.<\/p>\n<p>Ferry staff and Homeland Security crews then devised an improvised ladder. <\/p>\n<p>This creative solution allowed the raccoon to climb out and continue on its way, ensuring a happy ending to the unexpected wildlife encounter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 A raccoon is no worse for wear after a dumpster-diving adventure took a wrong turn, thanks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-395052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}