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Japan grappling with invasive raccoon population
Fox 5 Atlanta ^ | May 19, 2024 | Christine Rousselle

Posted on 05/19/2024 1:06:26 PM PDT by Cecily

Japan's raccoon infestation has gotten considerably worse over the last decade, multiple Japanese news sources are reporting.

Nearly 1,300 raccoons were captured during the 2022 fiscal year, said Tokyo's government. This is about five times the number that were captured 10 years ago, reported Kyodo News, a Japanese news agency.

In 2013, the Japanese government reiterated the need to combat raccoons as an invasive species.

Raccoons are not native to Japan, but were brought to the country in the 1970s following the popularity of the 1977 anime "Rascal the Raccoon."

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To: Gideon7

Minus the giant balls.


41 posted on 05/19/2024 2:24:54 PM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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To: exnavy

It’s all in the prep.


42 posted on 05/19/2024 2:25:07 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: Cecily
Yum! Raccoon sushi.

43 posted on 05/19/2024 2:36:32 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Cecily

Japan has it easier with Raccoons, compared to some parts of South America. Colombia has a Hippo invasion problem.
This was started after Drug Lord Pablo Escobar was arrested in the 1980’s.

Escobar had smuggled a few wild Hippos into Colombia to join his group of exotic animals. They were left behind after his death. Left behind to fend for themselves.
Now there are about 215 in that country.
Some estimate that by 2050, the Hungry, Hungry Hippos could number over 1000 if measures are not taken to control them.


44 posted on 05/19/2024 2:41:00 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: LeoTDB69

There are folks like Ellie May in real life, who seem to have a way with animals, keeping them calm and in a good mood.
No one knows why that is.
Saint Francis of Assisi was said to be that way.


45 posted on 05/19/2024 2:43:45 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Cecily

Raccoons are not cute cuddley little creatures. They are very vicious destructive predators.

We’ve watched them attack smaller game such as rabbits for a meal. I have trail cam pics of raccoons cornering a house cat with that cat never to be seen again. I’ve live trapped them and they are extremely vicious.

Small animals in trees do not stand a chance. We’ve watched house cats climb trees. Their rate of climb is nothing compared to a coon, as we’ve watched videos where they do not climb trees, they run up trees.

We live in the forest and they are a top nuisance that our state allows to be hunted year around. They are one of the few animals that can be legally hunted at night with a flashlight.

Raccoons are on my hit list.


46 posted on 05/19/2024 2:51:27 PM PDT by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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To: Cecily

At least they aren’t blaming the infestation on the Beatles for “Rocky Raccoon.”


47 posted on 05/19/2024 3:06:48 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Cecily

They can give them to us if they’ll take our bark beetles and kudzu.


48 posted on 05/19/2024 3:10:41 PM PDT by x
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To: Cecily

They don’t have that problem in China. I guess in countries where the government is willing to starve its people that’s not a problem.
Confucous say Racoon taste like Chicken.


49 posted on 05/19/2024 3:17:31 PM PDT by cquiggy
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To: Cecily

That’s a tanuki.

Japan does have a problem with raccoons, because they had an anime 50 years ago called Rascal, with a raccoon as a kid’s friend. Japanese pet laws are much looser than American, so a cottage industry of importing raccoons to Japan emerged, and they then invaded Japan and reproduced when they grew up, Japanese threw them out, and they returned to the wild.


50 posted on 05/19/2024 3:50:04 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Cecily
Yeah, doesn’t look like our coons, maybe a different species.

Had 3 move into my attic, last year.

Live trapped 2 and escorted them to a higher plane of existence, with a River 10/22

The third fell through the drop ceiling, in the kitchen and ended with a face off in the reloading room

In the immortal words of Tuco, from “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, “When it’s time to shoot, shoot, don’t talk”.

51 posted on 05/19/2024 4:18:51 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual. )
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To: BlackbirdSST

Maybe a coatimundi?


52 posted on 05/19/2024 4:38:45 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Cecily
I see a Davy Crocket hat industry in their future.


53 posted on 05/19/2024 4:44:35 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: Cecily

Chinese will eat anything. With a little marketing the raccoons would be worth a lot of money.


54 posted on 05/19/2024 5:25:31 PM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: redfreedom

So true.


55 posted on 05/19/2024 5:42:46 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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