South Florida’s Louie, the ‘larger than life’ raccoon influencer and TV star, raising awareness about wildlife in need

It s an egg-cellent TV commercial that s been airing during the Easter season for decades and this year it featured a four-legged social media sensation from South Florida Heather Walker has tonight s Spotlight Jaime Arslan At this point I would definitely say Louie is seemingly the the greater part famous raccoon in America Louie the Raccoon already has more than half a million Instagram followers who like comment and share his hilarious viral videos Jaime Arslan I feel like Louie is larger than life He is not your average raccoon That s an understatement and now Louie can add TV star to his raccoon r sum Jaime Arslan is Louie s owner Jaime Arslan To be a part of the iconic Cadbury commercial is amazing It s a memory and experience that I ll remember forever The experience is one of the perks of being named the Cadbury Bunny America voted last year and Louie beat out other animals from across the country Jaime Arslan Never in a million years would I have thought that Louie would have started off as this orphaned sick baby raccoon And now he s in a national commercial The commercial was shot in the dining room of the family s Southwest Miami-Dade home Jaime Arslan Before we shot the commercial I was getting him used to the Easter eggs and holding them We first featured Louie and Jaime in the Spotlight last year Jaime a former vet tech took in Louie and later three other raccoons Lucy Leo and Lea None of them could have been safely published back into the wild and they do require permits Heather Walker You re a mom to four raccoons Jaime Arslan Yes I am a raccoon mom Full time The raccoons live inside Jaime Arslan This is their playroom and outside They even have their own playground And their dream has turned into Jaime s mission to educate people about the challenges raccoons and other wildlife face in South Florida and beyond Jaime Arslan We ve been able to help so various other raccoons across the United States just with Louie s page alone Awareness and also money Jaime donated the Louie won to Samadhi Wildlife The Central Florida-based sanctuary used it to lease a new larger property for the sick and injured animals they rescue Dawn Barbone Louie and Jaime are the dynamic duo and what they have done for Samadhi Wildlife alone is just absolutely incredible Dawn Barbone the sanctuary s founder announced more than of the animals they rehab are circulated back into the wild but the limited who can t like this raccoon with a neurological issue help to educate humans Dawn Barbone Her name is Juh Juh So she can t literally walk so she scoots around in her wheelchair and she is very very happy Jaime Arslan A lot of people perpetually tell me that Louie has opened their eyes up to wildlife As for Louie who turns later this month being in the television limelight didn t exactly impress him Jaime Arslan I established it to Louie and honestly he could really care less But I get it he s a raccoon Heather Walker News Louie s InstagramSamadhi WildlifeLearn more about raccoonsInjured and orphaned wildlife If you know of a person place or group that you think we should highlight email us at spotlight wsvn com