Several readers wrote in about a raccoon attack reported on KING5 today that left one Queen Anne resident and her dog with injuries requiring a trip to the ER. According to the report,Kelly Gilliam was walking her dog, Winky, at around 10 p.m. on Monday when a raccoon jumped out of a nearby bush and attacked them, sending all three toppling down a hill.
Gilliam ended up being hospitalized for four days, having 12 gashes on her body and needing over a dozen rabies shots – the doctors assumed the raccoon had been infected at the time of the attack. Winky needed five staples near his tail. Both are OK, though obviously shaken up.
Although police responded to the attack, according to the report, state laws and citywide wildlife restrictions prohibit the hunting or trapping of a raccoon without a permit, unless it attacks crops or domestic animals. This seem rather ridiculous, as in this case the raccoon attacked a person.
In the end the raccoon got away and for all we know could still be at large on Queen Anne, so residents should be careful, especially when walking their dogs or letting their pets outside. Back in August a 4-year-old Maltese living on Queen Anne lost her right hind leg and part of her tail to a raccoon attack in her owner’s backyard.
The KING5 story did not mention which part of Queen Anne the attack took place in. If anyone has any more information about this attack or any other similar incidents, please comment below or email us at tips@queenanneview.com so that we can warn the neighborhood.

