'Bumper crop' of wildlife on the loose.

Byline: Pamela McLoughlin

June 20--Imagine you're a raccoon passing through a yard and you spot a dish of cat food on the deck and smell the aroma of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies cooling on the dining room table. T h e d o o r f r o m t h e b a c k y a r d deck to the house is open, and there's no human in sight. In this real scenario that occurred recently in Greater New Haven, the homeowner, who had stepped out for a few minutes, returned to find the raccoon on her table enjoying dessert after having eaten the cat food. It's one of the many area wildlife complaints handled this season by Laura Simon, field director of the urban wildlife program of the Humane Society of the United States.

"A lot of people get angry and think, why are they (animals) doing …