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Vegetable oil, dish soap help free trapped raccoon

Published On: Jun 22 2012 01:17:07 PM EDT Updated On: Jun 22 2012 01:23:51 PM EDT

Members of the Dearborn Heights Department of Public Works saved a baby raccoon stuck in a sewer grate.

Members of the Dearborn Heights Department of Public Works saved a baby raccoon stuck in a sewer grate — 1 / 8

Members of the Dearborn Heights Department of Public Works saved a baby raccoon stuck in a sewer grate.

Members of the Dearborn Heights Department of Public Works saved a baby raccoon stuck in a sewer grate

Department of Public Works Director Bill Zimmer was in his front yard late Wednesday morning when he saw the raccoon

The raccoon was stuck head-first in a large sewer grate.

The DPW crew carefully removed the manhole so they didn’t injure the raccoon, and then went to work “with a quantity of vegetable oil and dish soap.

With the help of the vegetable oil and dish soap DPW workers were able to free the raccoon.

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Once the raccoon was trapped it was put into a cage and taken to a nearby wooded area.

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