How 'Nazi raccoons' descended from a pair released by Goering in the 1930s have overrun a German cit

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How 'Nazi raccoons' descended from a pair released by Goering in the 1930s have overrun a German city, wreaking havoc and destroying homes - with enterprising restaurateurs turning them into bratwurst. Our intrepid man tucks in!

Daily Mail
By DAVID JONES and ROB HYDE
8 November 2024

With his onyx eyes ringed by black fur, Muffin the raccoon resembled a masked robber and, as I ventured gingerly into his den carrying a bag of banana chips, he looked ready to mug me.

Thankfully, however, his greeting was surprisingly friendly. Plump, round and fluffy, he bounded towards me like a beach ball wrapped in a thick-pile carpet, reared up on his hind legs and took the chips with a humanoid, five-fingered hand.

Watching this fascinating creature nibble his breakfast at a raccoon sanctuary in central Germany, where he has lived since his mother was killed by a car five years ago, I was seized with guilt.

The previous day, you see, I had tucked into sausages, meatballs and burgers made from one of Muffin's kith and kin. No doubt this will disgust many readers and I, too, baulked at eating one of the bushy-tailed rascals my grandchildren love to see in Disney cartoons and David Attenborough documentaries.

Contradictory as it sounds, however, re-inventing the raccoon as a gourmet delicacy is being suggested as a solution to one of Europe's strangest and most intractable environmental problems – the great raccoon invasion of Germany.

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[Smokin Joe]

They just want to justify Davey Crockett hats...

Environmentalism has largely ignored the concept of ecological balance.

Of course, the raccoons would be branded Nazis after the jackboots in NY did Fred in.