Toronto actor waits 2 weeks for dead raccoon to be removed by city crews amid delays

A well known Toronto actor has been documenting her weeks-long wait for the city to remove a dead raccoon from her neighbourhood, drawing attention to ongoing municipal delays that have resulted in a pause in some municipal cadaver removal services.

It’s been two weeks since a Toronto actor called animal services requesting the removal of a dead raccoon in her neighborhood.

Since then, she’s been documenting the lengthy wait on social media, drawing attention to ongoing municipal delays that have resulted in a pause in some municipal cadaver removal services.

Jean Yoon, downtown Toronto resident, and actor best known for her role as Umma in CBC’s Kim’s Convenience, first shared an image of a dead raccoon on Parliament Street in late April – at that point, it had been more than a week since she’d submitted a 311 request for pick-up, she said.

At the time of publication, the dead raccoon remained on Parliament Street. The city came to collect the cadaver at around 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Yoon said.

Yoon first took to Twitter to voice her concerns on April 28, nine days after she says she submitted her request for removal.

“It's now covered in plastic, and fortunately the weather has been coolish, but oh, it's gross,” she wrote.

On Tuesday, nearly 12 days after her first post, Yoon provided an update to her Twitter following of more than 40,000 users.