Carol, I will email you privately to see what we can do.

I can’t keep him for various reasons so I want to find the best home possible for him where he’ll have room to roam outside. Would FAR be willing to take him?

Assuming that you are in Florida, you need to call Florida Fish and Wildlife at 888-404-3922 and ask for a list of wildlife rehabilitators near you. We only handle black bears and other may or may not handle raccoons, so call several and leave messages for them. Hopefully the right one will call you back. The only legal thing that can be done (and the best answer for your raccoon) is to put him with other wild raccoons in rehabilitation. That will allow him to become ‘wild’ again. He is young enough that this technique should be successful. There is no reason for him to be put down as long as he goes to a licensed rehabilitator.

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