Raccoons often rummage through trash cans or enter veggie gardens. To deter these pesky animals from your yard, reach for ...

Not much. If you share your corner of the world with raccoons, you may know that our trash cans look like a buffet for them.

In Brooklyn, for example, captured raccoons sometimes get relocated to Prospect Park and nearby forests, but wildlife biologists report they often head right back to the dumpster-packed city streets.