"Nazi Raccoons" in a "Furry Blitzkrieg"?
Thanks to JoLynn for this amusing, but strange, article. As many of you know, Steve and I do foster care for raccoons and have become quite fond of the buggers. We love hearing stories about how smart they are. Once, when discussing ways of keeping wild animals out of yards (like anyone would want to), someone suggested a Scarecrow for anything but raccoons, since they would just turn it into their own personal water park.
This article from a German news source is just a bit surreal. Apparently in 1934, the Third Reich introduced raccoons in Germany for hunting as fur-bearing animals. The raccoons, being notoriously adaptable, have obviously flourished and are now considered quite the nuisance.
Where the story starts to get strange is when the Third Reich becomes a metaphor for the raccoons, as in:
"Hundreds of thousands have fanned out to Belgium, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic and France. The news caught the ire of Britain's Sun tabloid, which warned its readers that "Nazi raccoons" were "just across the Channel" and "on the warpath ... in a furry blitzkrieg"."
Where the story gets downright surreal is when you take a look at the picture included with the story.
