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Nazi raccoons conquer Europe
Ananova ^
| 03/09/04
| Ananova
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."
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: balkans; environment; racoon
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To: prion
Raccoons are remarkably adaptable and smart.
As opposed to the current German citizen!
To: Bismarck
Bismarck Since Mar 6, 2004Been here a pretty short time to start calling people ignorant, pal.
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:48:56 AM PST
by
EggsAckley
(..................IGNORE the trolls...................it drives them crazy)
To: ZULU
It's TWOOOO!!
To: Bismarck; CasearianDaoist; Sabertooth; SevenDaysInMay
kraut ( P ) Pronunciation Key (krout)
n.
1. Sauerkraut.
2. often Kraut
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a German.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:49:33 AM PST
by
thackney
(Life is Fragile, Handle with Prayer)
To: Bismarck
Ehem.... do you really need to use the word "Kraut"? It's 2004, not 1944. I guess "Rapacious Hun" is out of the question then.
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:54:41 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Just once I'd like to get by on my looks.)
To: prion
To: thackney
I'm proud to be a Kraut.
You gotta problem with that?
Too bad.
To: Tijeras_Slim
"Hun"? Man, that was even used before World War I...
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:56:45 AM PST
by
Bismarck
To: Bismarck
Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts. Well, the term "Kraut" isn't profane, violent or a personal attack, so I can only assume you mean it's a race.
That nasty little theory didn't work out too well in the last century.
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:58:46 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Jogging alongside excellence since 1970!)
To: dighton; Pikamax; general_re; BlueLancer; hellinahandcart; Poohbah; Fraulein; Happygal
Poetic justice?
Eugene Scheiffelin's (sounds German!) "gift" of starlings to America.
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posted on
03/09/2004 9:59:46 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: Bismarck
"For good or bad, most Germans of nowadays are harmless peaceniks and self-righteous liberals."Neither of which are "harmless". They are both exceedingly anti-American and, as a result, are as much the enemy as the Nazis, the Communists, and the Jihadis ... and they should be treated as such.
BlueLancer (ingredients: Irish, English, and German.)
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posted on
03/09/2004 10:02:25 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsënspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: Bismarck
Many people do... Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.
Let me say as one Kraut to another: get a thicker skin. You're starting to sound French.
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posted on
03/09/2004 10:02:33 AM PST
by
Sabertooth
(Malcontent for Bush - 2004!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
"I guess "Rapacious Hun" is out of the question then."Which would also include, I guess, "lousy Hun b@stards" ... as defined by General G.S. Patton.
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posted on
03/09/2004 10:04:11 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsënspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: Bismarck
When I was just a little boy, I learned this handy German phrase:
"Du bist ein Haumenkopf!"
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posted on
03/09/2004 10:04:11 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Pikamax
Go git your blue-tick hounds
An I'll bring along ma gun
We'll both bring some wisky
An we'll have a little fun
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posted on
03/09/2004 10:04:34 AM PST
by
fella
To: Constitution Day
Relating the Germans of nowadays to Adolf and his gang is as retarded as relating Americans of our generation to the KKK, General Custer, etc. - which, BTW, is being done by many Europeans of the far left. See, there are people all over the world who blindly believe in collective guilt.
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posted on
03/09/2004 10:05:33 AM PST
by
Bismarck
To: Sabertooth
Best of both worlds...
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posted on
03/09/2004 10:07:13 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Just once I'd like to get by on my looks.)
To: Sabertooth
...get a thicker skin. You're starting to sound french.
YOW!!!!!
To: prion
They released them on purpose? That was stupid. During that time in history there were a lot of odd things like that being done. They didn't have the benefit of our hindsight to show them what would go wrong.
Southerners could tell you about some of FDR's own monkeying around with flora and fauna. Just ask them kudzu. It's not a native plant.
To: Pikamax
Quite a funnny story.
Over the centuries, Europe has totally decimated nearly every one of its large mammals. Large bears, cats, deer, and so on are extinct or nearly extinct there. Now a North American mammal makes an inroad and reproduces with wild abandon.
With Europe getting really fed up with American power, prestige, wealth, and freedom, now Europe faces being overrun by American animals.
Oh, the humiliation!
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