[heart] Nau, Morgan reacted to your message: ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Mikael Fox <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 12:38:42 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [External] - Re: [PestList] Urban Raccoons
I have no advice, but I just wanted to let you know I am rooting for both you and the raccoon! Keep us updated! On Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 9:39 AM Nau, Morgan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello All, I’m writing to the group about a “pest” that’s new to me - raccoons - and I’d love some thoughts and advice from the group. We are located in Central Park, so there is a significant amount of wildlife all around us (a coyote showed up on the 5th Ave side just a couple months ago!). This spring, a raccoon family moved into a tree right next to the museum and made themselves quite comfortable. For the last month one of the juveniles has begun exploring the exterior of the museum and he’s been found on the roof garden, on ledges, and most recently has turned a construction site into his personal jungle gym. He stays away from people, doesn’t appear sick or rabid, hasn’t caused any damage or made any messes, and is clearly just very curious (I’ve attached a few pictures of the little bandit in action). So far, I’ve advised people to give a wide berth and to keep the site clear of food and trash, which they have, and the construction crew haven’t had any problems. Unfortunately, work is beginning on our skylights in a couple of weeks (so I’m on a time crunch!) and there is concern that it could find a way into the building and cause general chaos and serious damage, especially given his adventurous nature - which we absolutely don’t want. The major concern I have though is that according to NYC law, when a licensed wildlife professional traps a raccoon, they cannot relocate it, but are required to euthanize it (source<https://www.nyc.gov/site/wildlifenyc/animals/raccoons.page>). And the last thing I want to do is have a healthy, nondangerous animal put down if it isn’t necessary. We have a great pest management vendor who is aware that he’s been around and I’ll be alerting them to this latest development to brainstorm next steps. I’m also working on connecting with the NYC Parks department to see if they can help me come up with solutions. And I was hoping that there might be members in this group who have experience with this kind of thing and might have less lethal suggestions as well. Feel free to message me off-list if you’d prefer - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Thank you all for any insight and thoughts! Morgan -- Morgan Nau IPM Program Administrator Director's Office The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1000+Fifth+Avenue++%0D%0ANew+York,+NY+10028?entry=gmail&source=g> New York, NY 10028<https://www.google.com/maps/search/1000+Fifth+Avenue++%0D%0ANew+York,+NY+10028?entry=gmail&source=g> @metmuseum<https://www.instagram.com/metmuseum> metmuseum.org<http://www.metmuseum.org/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/SN6PR05MB55994064AC10F75417EBF080883BA%40SN6PR05MB5599.namprd05.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/SN6PR05MB55994064AC10F75417EBF080883BA%40SN6PR05MB5599.namprd05.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMLh2mVTxWimq99d3dJKgjZGtBgBzmxq%3DGa8eXjV4gqjW4Ky7g%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMLh2mVTxWimq99d3dJKgjZGtBgBzmxq%3DGa8eXjV4gqjW4Ky7g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BL0PR05MB55887B35AAEB065D498F4CCB8806A%40BL0PR05MB5588.namprd05.prod.outlook.com.
