DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Police were able to free a pair of raccoon kits from a chimney in Dedham.
The department shared videos of the two kits cuddling amid newspaper scrape, eyes not yet open but safe and sound.
Officials estimated the pair is about two weeks old and said that chimneys have become a common nesting place for the animals.
According to police, putting a cap on the chimney is the best way to prevent woodland creatures living in your chimney.
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