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Raccoons destroy German vineyards [Nazi Raccoons!]
Decanter ^ | 10/26/05 | Oliver Styles

Posted on 10/27/2005 12:12:26 PM PDT by LibWhacker

Thousands of marauding racoons, descendents of animals released by Hermann Goering, have overrun vineyards in central Germany.

The nocturnal mammals descended on vineyards in the Brandenburg region, west of Berlin, ruining the harvest. Ripening grapes are a favourite snack of the stripy-tailed rodent.

'Raccoons wiped out almost the entire harvest in a matter of days,' winemaker Werner Kothe told Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 'We have 540 vines and they have been stripped bare by these animals.'

The raccoon problem is well known in the area and although some residents take them on as pets, many consider the imported species pests.

Local authorities have now authorised a raccoon cull. Last year, a similar cull killed 3,471. There are an estimated 1m racoons in central Germany.

The animals were introduced by Nazi air force chief Hermann Goering in 1934 to 'enrich' Germany's fauna. With no natural predators their numbers have exploded.

The main winegrowing regions in west Germany – including the Mosel, Rheingau, Saar and Pfalz areas – are believed to be unaffected.


TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: destroy; german; goering; hermangoering; nazi; raccoons; vineyards
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1 posted on 10/27/2005 12:12:28 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Perhaps we could interest the Germans in some good coon-hounds and shotguns?


2 posted on 10/27/2005 12:16:46 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: LibWhacker

In another frightening development, officals have discovered that the raccoons have a fairly advanced rocket program as well.


3 posted on 10/27/2005 12:18:01 PM PDT by travlnmn41
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To: LibWhacker

You only have to kill one of them. The rest will usually move on in search of safer foraging.


4 posted on 10/27/2005 12:18:07 PM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: clee1

The mere mention of guns will cause mass hysteria in Germany.


5 posted on 10/27/2005 12:18:23 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: The_Victor

Just put in more roads, that'll kill 'em off.


6 posted on 10/27/2005 12:19:28 PM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (If you want to be on my Civil Engineer ping list, just say so!)
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To: LibWhacker

Nazi raccoons?

Weinstocknacht?


7 posted on 10/27/2005 12:19:44 PM PDT by Riley ("Bother" said Pooh, as he fired the Claymores.)
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To: LibWhacker
The nocturnal mammals descended on vineyards in the Brandenburg region, west of Berlin

Guess they did not close the gate.

8 posted on 10/27/2005 12:20:49 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ('That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together,' Cindy Sheehan")
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To: martin_fierro

Ach du leiber!


9 posted on 10/27/2005 12:21:34 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
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To: LibWhacker
The animals were introduced by Nazi air force chief Hermann Goering in 1934 to 'enrich' Germany's fauna.

I wonder if Goering was a drug addict in 1934 or did he start abusing morphine later.

10 posted on 10/27/2005 12:22:33 PM PDT by evolved_rage
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To: LibWhacker

Release the hounds......


11 posted on 10/27/2005 12:23:09 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
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To: Fierce Allegiance
Just put in more roads, that'll kill 'em off.

They have become rather adept at getting around using the storm sewers where I live.

12 posted on 10/27/2005 12:23:40 PM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Riley

Lol, I think the press is funny. Whenever something bad happens they try their darndest to tie it in to Nazis and/or Republicans, somehow, someway. :-)


13 posted on 10/27/2005 12:24:08 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

But in this case, the tie is VERY fitting.


14 posted on 10/27/2005 12:25:23 PM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (If you want to be on my Civil Engineer ping list, just say so!)
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To: evolved_rage

I think he got started recovering from a wound in WWI.


15 posted on 10/27/2005 12:25:30 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
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To: LibWhacker

Where's PETA when you need them?


16 posted on 10/27/2005 12:28:20 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: ncountylee
The mere mention of guns will cause mass hysteria in Germany.

Thank God for that.


17 posted on 10/27/2005 12:28:30 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Yes, it's fitting. And we can count on them not missing it. Like a puppy finding a bone in his box. Lol, I don't know, it just struck me as hilarious/ludicrous; they're so transparent. :-)


18 posted on 10/27/2005 12:29:12 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
SHULTZ!
19 posted on 10/27/2005 12:29:14 PM PDT by llevrok (Drink your beer, damnit! There are sober people in Africa !)
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To: showme_the_Glory

Heck they are just great big hassenfeffers (or rabit stew, whatever).


20 posted on 10/27/2005 12:29:32 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Noone spoke when the levee done broke, Blanco cried and Nagin lied.)
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