CAN OF TROUBLE: This raccoon was trapped by a Bonita Springs man who was trying to help it get a beer can off its paw. The female raccoon, named Beer Foot by its rescuer, had severely injured its paw in the can. Special to The News-Press
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This has come about after much badgering by you, my friends and extended family...
The fluffy black and white masked creature spent more than a week climbing trees and hobbling around the shores of the eastern Imperial River with a rusty, dented Coors Light beer can stuck on her paw.... Amputation is not possible, LeBlanc said, because creatures such as raccoons need both front paws to climb trees and forage for food.???
Ten cents worth of ketamine and rompun, three seconds worth of snipping, and another dime's worth of antibiotics. Lots cheaper than a new sign.
The so called "reporter" made this up. Since when do aluminum cans rust?
I had this big fat dirty bastard who used to knock over our garbage cans (down the Jersey shore) and spread the garbage all over our lawn. It could undo the locking handles of the garbage can and would gnaw through or even untie ropes we used.
Finally I put a huge slab of slate on top of one of the lids. At about two in the morning, I heard a huge crash and a fierce howling. The fat raccoon ran away, and never came back, so I guess they can also learn from bad experiences.
This one probably won't drink Coors Light again. I only had to taste that crap once to learn my lesson.
Unfortunately, the she-coon couldn't see and stepped in the frigging beer can the sonofabitch dropped behind him.
It always enrages me when I am walking down the street and see kids (and others -- I've seen illegals do this as well in my town) unwrap a candy bar, finish a soda, or slice of pizza, and then, without hesitation, non-chalantly and brazenly toss the wrapper/can/paper plate on the sidewalk. As a child, I would have never even considered doing this, having consideration for others, for the environment, and for animals. If I buy a six pack of soda, I always cut up those indestructible plastic rings before tossing them in the garbage, so animals foraging in the dump don't get tangled in them.
It always enrages me when I am walking down the street and see kids (and others -- I've seen illegals do this as well in my town) unwrap a candy bar, finish a soda, or slice of pizza, and then, without hesitation, non-chalantly and brazenly toss the wrapper/can/paper plate on the sidewalk. As a child, I would have never even considered doing this, having consideration for others, for the environment, and for animals. If I buy a six pack of soda, I always cut up those indestructible plastic rings before tossing them in the garbage, so animals foraging in the dump don't get tangled in them.
Rusty? This is an aluminum can, yes? Whence the rust?
Media license.....aluminum cans don't rust.
Coons are not black and white as anybody who has ever seen a coon can testify.
She illustrates exactly why the press can not be trusted. They tell you anything they want, truth or facts be damned.
Drunk and incarcerated Racoon.
How do they know that the beer can was litter? Sure maybe it was but raccoons don't exactly let closed garbage cans get in their way and unsecured bags of trash are like ringing the dinner bell. Raccoons are all over our neighborhood if they smell garbage (we've seen evidence a dozen times in and around our garbage cans) and my NJ suburb is hardly a country setting. Leaving for work around 5 am one morning found my husband staring down 5 raccoons on our back porch - I had put a bag of garbage out there the night before and forgotten all about it. He was not happy. :)