Brothers unknowingly both adopt raccoons

Two P.E.I. brothers who recently discovered they had, unbeknownst to each other, each taken in orphaned baby raccoons, now face the difficult decision of letting the animals go.

Bill MacDonald of Stratford said when he found a baby raccoon left in a box outside the his family business three months ago, he didn't know whether to nurse it back to health or let it die.

Eric MacDonald and his raccoon Rascal. CBC

“So I took the cover off and there was a little baby raccoon, kind of on his last, you might say, in the box. So what were we to do with him?” said MacDonald.

MacDonald determined his mother had been killed by a car, so Rambo ended up at the home of MacDonald and his wife Joan.

Meanwhile, Rascal the orphaned raccoon was found across the road by Bill's brother Eric.

“I mean, what are you going to do? Just let him go get run over by traffic, killed by a coyote or whatever happens to be in the neighbourhood?” said Eric MacDonald.

But it was a week before the MacDonald brothers realized they were both caring for orphaned raccoon brothers.

Rambo wrestles with the MacDonald's dog. CBC

Wildlife officials say it's illegal to keep wild animals as pets on P.E.I., including raccoons, which can carry parasites and disease.

“A cute, cuddly, small raccoon will become a large raccoon,” said Brad Potter of the provincial fish and wildlife department.

"Even a small raccoon is capable of delivering quite a bite.”

The MacDonalds said they will get rid of the animals eventually by releasing them in the wild. But they said neither they, nor the animals are quite ready.

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Brothers accused of beating airline pilot

Jonathan Baez, left, and his brother Luis Baez have been charged with aggravated battery.Incident began on board an American Airlines flight departing from MiamiPilot returned to the gate after passenger who wasn't wearing his seat belt was unresponsiveAfter the man was asked to leave, he and his brother allegedly became belligerentPolice: The brothers chased and beat the pilot

(CNN) -- Two brothers have been arrested and charged with aggravated battery after allegedly attacking and chasing a pilot at Miami International Airport.

The bizarre incident began on board an American Airlines flight bound for San Francisco on Wednesday evening.

As the plane was taxiing out, a flight attendant noticed that Jonathan Baez was sleeping and not wearing his seat belt. She tried to wake him up, but he was "unresponsive and appeared to be intoxicated or on narcotics," according to the Miami-Dade Police Department arrest report.

The pilot then returned the plane to the gate and tried several times to wake Baez. When the passenger awoke, he was told he couldn't fly in his condition and was asked to leave the plane, police said.

That's when his brother, Luis Baez, also decided to leave.

As both men were walking toward the plane door, they "became extremely belligerent," and Luis Baez -- who was born in Puerto Rico -- told the pilot, "When you fly to San Juan, I will have you killed," according to the arrest report.

Shortly after leaving the plane, Jonathan Baez came back on board and punched the pilot in the face, causing a large bruise and blurred vision in his left eye, the arrest report says.

He also struck a flight attendant on the shoulder when she tried to intervene, police said.

But the ordeal wasn't over yet.

When the pilot escorted the brothers off the plane, they jumped him and started punching him, and then chased him into the terminal, according to the arrest report.

Other crew members and passengers came to the pilot's defense and subdued the brothers until police arrested them.

The pilot told police that he was concerned Luis Baez would follow through on his threats to kill him and said he feared for his life.

Jonathan Baez's bond has been set at $9,000, while Luis Baez is $12,500, according to The Miami Herald.

The men remain in the Miami-Dade County Jail, CNN affiliate WPLG reported.

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