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Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe

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Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz

1mo ago

Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe

www.theguardian.com /environment/2025/jun/19/raccoons-german-city-kassel-wild-population-europe-aoe

23 comments

- I wish them well, nothing invasive about a trash panda.
  
  In the US? Nope, not invasive. In Europe very much so.
Cute as these animals are, considering their invasive status, I expect culling efforts.
- I wonder if there's any good eating on them.
  
  My wife is from Mississippi. Her family's handed down self written cookbook has "cooked coon" in it. There is no doubt eating on them - if it's good is a whole other question though.
  
  "To help with population control, at least one butcher has even started making sausages and meatballs from their meat.
  “I’ve never had anyone say it is disgusting or that you can’t eat it. Honestly, everyone likes it,” he told CNN in 2024."
  I am not sure I could bring myself to try it.
  
  People eat badgers in my country... stupid people will eat anything.
  
  YOU LEAVE THOSE LITTLE GUYS ALONE 🥺🥺🥺
- They are adorable, murderous little bastards.
  
  I do know they enjoy eating eggs from birds nests and other small animals are on the menu. But murderous?
I remember once hearing strange noises in the yard. As i was flashing my phone light at the noise there was three raccoons climbing the old brick-wall to the neighboring building. With the black around the eyes they really looked like a group of burglars breaking in.
Unfortunately they are very proficient at getting everywhere.

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