Last week, retired police sergeant Dave Ferrell was traveling down a Florida bike path when he heard a newborn animal crying out in agony.
And he was aware that he needed to provide a help.
There, huddled all alone in the middle of the path in front of Ferrell, was a young raccoon screaming out for his mother.
“He was in bad shape laying in the bike trail, flies all over him,” Ferrell later wrote on Facebook. “He wasn’t long for this world.”
Ferrell searched the area in hopes of finding the baby’s mom, but she was nowhere to be seen. So, fearing that the little guy would soon perish without intervention, he then loaded up the little raccoon into his backpack and pedaled him to safety.
“I couldn’t leave him out there,” Ferrell wrote.
After returning to the trailhead, Ferrell was greeted by a Tallahassee Police Department officer who completed the trek and provided the raccoon with the assistance he required. The terrified infant appeared to be aware of the good intentions of his savior at all times.
Ferrell penned, “He actually relaxed and loved the journey in the CamelBak.” He was just kind of relaxed back there.
The raccoon was soon sent to Emily Shaw at St. Francis Wildlife Rescue for treatment.
The raccoon was covered in fly egg parasites, which were all meticulously removed. It’s clear that a grim fate had awaited him there on the trail — and that he’d been rescued just in time.
Now the raccoon has a fresh chance at a full life.
“He is doing fantastic!” Shaw told The Dodo, adding that there’s no doubt about whom to thank for that:
“He almost certainly would have died if [Ferrell] had not found him.”
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