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Jan. 24 (UPI) —<\/span> Animal rescuers in Florida assisted a raccoon that found itself on the third floor of a hotel before fleeing into the engine compartment of an SUV.<\/p>\n Wildlife Inc., an animal rescue group based in Bradenton, said rescuers were summoned to the Bridge Street Hotel when a raccoon was spotted wandering around the third floor inside the building.\n<\/p>\n “During the rescue attempt, the raccoon squeezed through a narrow gap in the railing on the stairs,” the group said in an Instagram post. “It scurried down the stairs to the ground floor confused, scared and potentially injured.”<\/p>\n The raccoon fled beneath some parked cars and ultimately climbed into the engine compartment of a 2013 Nissan Sentra, the post said.<\/p>\n The animal rescuers and the vehicle’s owner attempted the coax the animal out from under the hood for several hours before a veterinarian was brought to the scene to sedate the raccoon for safe extraction.\n<\/p>\n The raccoon was taken back to Wildlife Inc., where it was examined by a veterinarian and determined to be uninjured.<\/p>\n “He spent a few days at the rescue to recover and has now been released at a safer location,” a follow-up Instagram post said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n