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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."
Been here a pretty short time to start calling people ignorant, pal.
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I guess "Rapacious Hun" is out of the question then.
Jawhol! Stalin was smarter, at least he introduced a tasty invading species...
Stalin's last army - hordes of gigantic crabs on their way to invade Europe -
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.
Eugene Scheiffelin's (sounds German!) "gift" of starlings to America.
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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Which would also include, I guess, "lousy Hun b@stards" ... as defined by General G.S. Patton.
You're starting to sound french.
YOW!!!!!
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.
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