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Wednesday, July 23, 2025 11:57AM
San Francisco Animal Care and Control is seeking a suspect caught on video chasing a raccoon with a lit blowtorch in the Mission Terrace neighborhood.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A warning to our viewers about this next story involving animal cruelty. San Francisco Animal Control is looking for someone caught on camera abusing a raccoon.
It happened in the Mission Terrace neighborhood.
A person can be seen chasing a raccoon around shrubs with a lit blowtorch.
Animal control says the raccoon escaped with burns, but officers could not find it.
Anyone with information is asked to contact animal control at (415) 554-9400.
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