The Rescued Raccoon Who Is About To Make Your Day

This story starts off incredibly sad: this raccoon was found in the under-cabin of a boat at an impounded marina, in a filthy cage full of rotten food where he had been living since he was a baby.

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2. Harbor playing in his new outdoors enclosure

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uOtT_wopdcA.

Schoeman determined that it would be some time, if ever, before Harbor could be released back into the wild, so she built him this outdoor enclosure. “I was astounded, and continue to be, at his utterly incredible capacity for joy. He plays, ecstatically, with anything at hand, and accepts everything that comes into his life with an open heart.”

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4. Harbor taking a walk in the garden

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XU5WAkPM5Fg.

“I have worked with raccoons for many years, and I can honestly say that I have never encountered one who greets each day with such happiness, and who loves so fully and so deeply. He loves his pool, his toys and every single person he meets.” -MaryEllen Schoeman

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6. Harbor romping cutely

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xQTbJIgwPkI.

I may or may not have already watched this video upwards of ten times.

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Mary Ellen's YouTube channel

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More videos of Harbor including such highlights as “Harbor eating a watermelon,” and “Harbor getting a bath.”

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Harbor's story from The Great Animal Rescue Chase

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“I have learned from Harbor, as well. I have learned that it is possible to come from a place of unimaginable darkness and despair, and still move forward into a life of joy and love; that we do not have to carry our darkness with us, and that every day is a gift.”