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Facial Reconstructions Begin For Child Mauled By Pet Raccoon

August 15, 2012 at 12:33 pm by kniption

Fruitport, MI - The adoptive family of 10-year-old Charlotte Ponce has announced that she will begin facial reconstruction surgery to correct the disfigurement she suffered in 2002 when her parents left her unattended with their pet raccoon.

When Charlotte was 3-months-old, her parents used the same wisdom that led to their having a pet raccoon in the first place to decide to leave Charlotte unattended with it. The raccoon – being a member of a species genetically linked to the three-headed dog that stands guard at the gates of Hades – promptly ate important parts of the girl’s face. As is common with children, the damage that was done could not be immediately repaired.

I do not know much about her parents. …beyond their not having an IQ above salad. I do know that, thankfully, Charlotte’s care was taken over by an aunt and uncle after her parent’s parental rights were severed in 2005.

Charlotte – who can be seen recently here – has lived disfigured for 10 years. She will now begin surgery to repair her disfigurement. Doctors will use grafts from her wrist to reconstruct her nose and do a whole bunch of other crazy things that only doctors know how to do.

The family is insured, but there are many expenses that are not covered. If anyone is interested in donating to the family’s plight, you can find information on doing that – and more background – here.

Tags: Charlotte Ponce, Child Neglect, disfigurement, Michigan, raccoon

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Eliza Berntsen

It looks like that raccoon ate the parents brains long before he was left alone with Charlotte. That’s the only explanation I can see for their stupidity. Let’s hope that her surgery goes well.
https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Yeah, my foot really want to meet the mom’s head.
JohnQknowitall

It makes me feel so good to know that out of a shitty situation better people come forward to build a better life for the child. Given her shitty birth parents her life may have been saved.

I can see she had a beautiful face and I hope they get this so close that no one will know of that terrible experience until she tells them.
newstarshipsmell

“Doctors will use grafts from her wrist to reconstruct her nose and do a whole bunch of other crazy things that only doctors know how to do.”

Why not take the skin grafts off her incubator’s face? The woman could yet make a positive difference in her daughter’s life.
curiousalways

hey Kniption!
Athena

I judge people with stupid, dangerous pets. I can’t help it. That said, my judgment of them hasn’t been wrong yet, so I feel increasingly justified.
Athena

I imagine the incubator’s face to be gaunt and pock-marked, or suffering from various other drug-related characteristics.
tinalib13

Who in the hell has a raccoon for a pet?? Those things are mean and nasty. Salad IQ. I like it.
Eliza Berntsen

Same here. I have a work colleague who has baby twins. They also have a giant python at home that is allowed to roam free around the house ” Because it’s ever so cute how caring he is! He’s so mild natured and just THE. BEST. PET. EVER.”.
scud420

I just sent $20 in to help. I hope a lot of other people do the same.
newstarshipsmell

Ruin my joke, then.
OutOfBubbleGum

I’m old enough to know that eventually everything comes back in style. So, please don’t raise an eyebrow when you see walking in my 20’s style raccoon coat. A matching hat wouldn’t be a bad add on, too.

Com’ a listen to a story about a man name Jed
Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed
Then one day while he was shootin’ at some coon
Why didn’t he hit this one, so I’ll stop singing this stupid tune?
Athena

Sorry! I was totally on board until I thought about it for a second…
DEADfairie

I swear with age, I’m getting more emotional. Seeing her face made my eyes get all leaky and stuff. Blah! Enough with that – f$#*ing piece of shit parents!
DEADfairie

hahaha!
Wolf_of_Mars

Mommy & Daddy need to be non-lethally curb-stomped. Let those pea-brained, vacuum skulled idiots live with some facial disfigurement, and see how their lives are improved.
lyssdexia

@johnQ – I agree. I also think that her eyes sparkle and her smile is dazzling even now. That picture makes me think that her future is going to be bright, and she has a great probability of being strong and overcoming all that she has been through. At least that is my hope for her.
lyssdexia

There was a story in central Florida ( last year, I think) about a couple who’s little girl was squeezed to death by their pet snake. It was a huge creature and they had not fed it in “a while.” They kept it in a cage that had a book or something on top if it to keep it closed. The toddler slept in the same room where they kept the snake. They found the little one dead in the crib with the snake. I believe they have been charged in the death, because the snake was going to EAT that baby… Might want to have your colleague give that a google.
Eliza Berntsen

Oh but I have. Those looneys seem to think that it would never happen to them, that their snake is just such a soft and kind hearted creature, that it would never ever hurt their babies. Dumb cunts. I can honestly say that if anything ever does happen to those kids I will have no remorse for the parents whatsoever.

At least those Florida folks had a cage for it. These dipshits just have an open top atrium so that the snake could go as and when it pleases.
My_Mind_Speaks

On those days that I feel like the dumbest person on Earth…
I come to this site and realize my genius…
http://www.facebook.com/HamsterNinjaofDOOM Alecia Hendricks

Jesus that’s dumb.
chgplz

Fucking idiots. They seem to care more for the damn animals than they do for their kids. Twisted fucks shouldnt be allowed to have either, (pets or kids)
bored_stiff

Do you think the raccoon was on bath salts?
sugarpie

God bless this doll’s new parents. She looks happy. The sperm donors should be out raising money for the operations.
neenaP

That is untrue. If they are raised by humans as babies they are very sweet and docile and DO NOT attack humans. I know numerous people that have and have had them as pets and I have never heard of one even biting someone. That being said its not a pet to have in a home with an infant any wild animal should not be trusted with such a young child. Even a domesticated cat or dog has to be watched at all times around an infant. I wonder how long the attack went on that the parents didn’t hear it and stop it before it go to the point that it did. This shows the child wasn’t being supervised and that’s a bigger issue that having the raccoon. The story sounds strange to me.
neenaP

Report them to CPS please! That is very dangerous!
EveryVillainIsLemons

Once the damage is repaired, she looks like she’s going to be a very beautiful girl! I love her eyes–they’ve got a sweet sparkle to them.
neenaP

REPORT THEM!
http://www.facebook.com/clayton.knudsen1 Clayton Knudsen

“The story sounds strange to me” What was your first clue about this story being strange? Could it be the title -”Facial Reconstructions Begin For Child Mauled By Pet Raccoon” ? NO ANIMAL SHOULD EVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED WITH A CHILD THAT IS TOO SMALL TO DEFEND ITSELF. Be it a trusted pet that you have had for 15 years or the toy poodle that just LOVES your precious little tweekums.
http://www.facebook.com/clayton.knudsen1 Clayton Knudsen

Isn’t that why everyone watches America’s Dumbest –whatever–! They should do some type of white collar show “America’s Dumbest CEO’s” Have the Tyco and BP and American Airlines EXEC’s on there….
http://www.facebook.com/clayton.knudsen1 Clayton Knudsen

I loose track of m— hey a squirrel!
Andyman

Hey, at least she and her brother were adopted by their great-aunt and great-uncle in 2005 after Michigan terminated the biological parents’ rights. How sad. And what a dumb ass pet to keep around a 3 month old.
Chinchillazilla

I have a snake. I love him but I know he doesn’t love me. Snakes have no neocortex, and are thus incapable of love and affection.
Chinchillazilla

That’s what neena just said…
My_Mind_Speaks

They really should!
I swear I’d watch FAITHFULLY with popcorn!
Athena

You’re partially right. When raised from infancy – if all the proper steps and care are taken, such as neutering – they will most likely be docile. It can be done. But it requires a good deal of work. That is why, generally speaking, the animal is not recommended for pethood.
Wildheart

I clicked on the donation website and read a few of the comments by other people. How creepy is this:

“Do you need some skin? I have plenty–and it might be a match. Mybe not quite as nice as your own.”

My mind is swimming with craziness about what this means. Let us hope it puts the lotion on its skin…..
JGo555

Her asshole sperm donors should fork over some dough too.
Eliza Berntsen

They have been reported. So far nothing has been done.
FrikkenFrak

You SHOULD judge them. I think ego drives people to own an unusual “pet” like this. When all the scientific data out there TELLS you that an particular animal is dangerous, and you choose to own one anyway, that decision is certainly not based on reason, intelligence or knowledge.
FrikkenFrak

Here’s the thing….I wish I had ten bucks for every time I’ve heard someone who owns a pet say “it’s all in how you raise them”. While absolutely the way an animal is raised is overwhelmingly important, at the end of the day, an animal is just that….an animal.

I don’t think it’s possible to completely remove the possibility of danger in undomesticated breeds. I’m not expert though….just my opinion. But then again, I never left my kids alone even with my dog when they were young.
http://www.facebook.com/steve.p.davis.1 Steve Paige Davis

I remember reading about this at the time. I had never seen a picture of her until now. I know when there has been a lot of soft tissue damage they sometimes have to wait several years for the adult facial structure, scarring and other growing to begin or end, depending on what is damaged. Seeing that smile, you get the sense she is going to be alright. Hope the surgery goes well.
plainbelliedsneetch

I don’t get why it took three years. Is that just how long it takes to legally sever rights and finalize an adoption?
Please tell me the idiots didn’t initially keep custody and manage to do something even stupider.
http://www.facebook.com/clayton.knudsen1 Clayton Knudsen

I apologize. You’re correct. I think I read that, then was away from the computer. When I came back, I thought I had an original ..thought..? I will blame it on my meds. I get distract… hey a squirrel!
HaileyT.

I’m sorry, i’m sorry. But did you say a “pet raccoon”? Where the hell did this adoptive family spawn the idea to get a pet raccoon? Did one of these unfit parents just wake up one day and decide: “Gee Honey, I think we should go all ‘Bindy the Jungle girl’ on this shit and buy a mother fucking raccoon!” and the other parent goes “Yah! and maybe after that we can get our 3 month old baby’s face torn off by it! Fuck yah!” Oh god, the world kids grown up in…
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003893414213 Robert E. Cramer

give it a rest accidents happen and i am sure the parents feel horrible. try being more forgiving like the child. i am sure she loves her parents despite the ACCIDENT