'Nazi' raccoon spotted!
Posted on 03/09/2004 9:22:51 AM PST by Pikamax
Nazi raccoons conquer Europe
Raccoons released by Hermann Goering in Germany in 1934 to "enrich the Reich's fauna" are threatening to succeed where their Nazi benefactors failed by conquering Europe.
They have become so successful that German authorities revealed this week that raccoon numbers are now at record levels - with more than a million in Germany alone.
In neighbouring Austria the first raccoons have also been spotted and info leaflets have been dispatched warning people against feeding or encouraging the North American natives.
Plans are being discussed to employ "raccoon hunters" to try and reduce the scale of the problem and put a bounty on raccoon pelts.
The first pair of raccoons were released at Kassel, in the wooded hill country north of Frankfurt, where there are now 100 raccoons per square kilometre - the same density as North America.
Residential homes in Kassel resemble fortresses with mesh wire covering all openings and spikes defending drainpipes and gutters. Rubbish bins are secured with bungee cords or padlocks.
Kassel has hired an animal control officer whose sole duty is to patrol the streets in search of raccoons and answer residents' appeals for help.
The city has even paid zoologists from a nearby university to tag and study raccoons in a bid to determine the scope of the problem.
"Kassel is definitely the raccoon capital of Europe," says Ulf Hohmann, head of the raccoon study project. "I'd say 50% of the residents here have had close encounters with raccoons, some of them on a repeated or even regular basis.
"Our job is to educate the public about these marvellous animals as we study their true impact on the European environment."
'Nazi' raccoon spotted!
Well, my cat likes me.
But, if you mean "countries" -- England, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Israel, Australia, Japan --- and I'm sure that there are others that I've forgotten.
You know, those countries that support the US and help us when asked. Not countries like Germany and Greece, whose very existence and freedoms were guaranteed and protected by the US, and particularly not France and Germany, whose dreams of increased international standing led them into actively working against the United States.
Yes, Harmless peaceniks who who arm train an Al-Qaeda ally
Harmless peaceniks who enjoy attacking sovereign nation the same way Hitler did.
In 2oth Century, Germany has attacked Serbia three times. Under Keiser, under Hitler and under harmless peaceniks. Difference?
Keiser and Hitler did not hide their interntions. Harmless peaceniks of Germany do !
After the war, Harmless peaceniks of Wehrmacht (C) deny food supply and electricity to Christian monks in Kosovo who live under their protection.
The largest number of destroyed Christian churches in Kosovo today are in the sector controlled by Harmless Peaceniks of Germany(C)
This is the monument of for New Germany. New Germans continue Hitler's unfinished work.
Actually it tastes more like stringy pork. Not to aggravate another discussion in this thread, but the best raccoon recipe I have tried is called "Coon n'Kraut". The acid of the sauerkraut drastically reduces the gaminess of the raccoon meat.
KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, KRAUT, .....
He normally cooks it with a hot, vinegar-based eastern North Carolina barbecue sauce like Scott's.
Good 'coon dogs arn't made. They're born...
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