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Supposedly Goering in the 1920's had raccoons imported into Germany for raccoon coats, and now they are an invasive nuisance.I know we have quite a variety of animals on this forum (cats, squirrels etc), but if we have any raccoons, can we please make sure no-one is actually feeding them.
More than 100 raccoons besiege house of woman who had been feeding them
The woman, who has not been named, near Poulsbo, Washington, called the county sheriff, who sent deputies
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I don't know about the forum, but I had a family of raccoons living under my patio deck - mother and 4 kits. Very cute. They sort of adopted my cat who would go and hang out with them in the evenings. The trick was keeping them out of the house. They're pretty clever and can manage things like sliding patio doors.
You should probably keep your cat (and yourself) away from them. Raccoons carry more rabies than any other animal, and they don’t always show any symptoms. If I were you, I’d call your local animal control to safely and humanely relocate them.I don't know about the forum, but I had a family of raccoons living under my patio deck - mother and 4 kits. Very cute. They sort of adopted my cat who would go and hang out with them in the evenings. The trick was keeping them out of the house. They're pretty clever and can manage things like sliding patio doors.
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Nothing but us wombats down here…I know we have quite a variety of animals on this forum (cats, squirrels etc), but if we have any raccoons, can we please make sure no-one is actually feeding them.
More than 100 raccoons besiege house of woman who had been feeding them
The woman, who has not been named, near Poulsbo, Washington, called the county sheriff, who sent deputies
All good. It was more than 5 years ago, and they haven't been back.
Aww so cute!I know we have quite a variety of animals on this forum (cats, squirrels etc), but if we have any raccoons, can we please make sure no-one is actually feeding them.
More than 100 raccoons besiege house of woman who had been feeding them
The woman, who has not been named, near Poulsbo, Washington, called the county sheriff, who sent deputies
That can't be true can it?
Never met a wombat but I did see a koala on TV.
I read it in Der Spiegel. If I recall, the article also featured some recipes for raccoon. Goering was, in addition to being a vainglorius ass, an avid hunter and a fashion plate, so it didn't seem farfetched to me. I also read an article in Der Spiegel about divers trying to locate an escaped alligator snapping turtle (native to the Mississippi River) that was scaring the fisherman. People import all kinds of stuff. Florida is a hot spot. In addition to Burmese pythons (escaped pets which bred) and poisonous cane toads, the Atlantic waters feature (beautiful, but with venomous spines) lion fish (escapees from private aquaria which bred) from Southeast Asia which are eating juvenile grouper and harming a lucrative sport fishery. Sport fishing operators have taken to sending lion fish fillets on ice to Chicago restaurants.Aww so cute!
That can't be true can it?
Never met a wombat but I did see a koala on TV.
You're right, Göring also had the title of Reichsjägermeister, which means the highest-ranking hunter in the German Reich.
I guess the origin is this 2004 article,
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That isn't the article I remember (it definitely mentioned recipes--something like that I would remember), but it certainly is credible, and it is possible that different Spiegel reporters would say different things based on "hearsay"). It does say that "fur farming" was a driving motivation, and apparently there was more than one introduction, because DNA testing doesn't show a bottleneck. Anyway, Germany seems to be stuck with them. Thank you. This stuff is interesting.I guess the origin is this 2004 article,
what it actually states is that an animal breeder had the idea of introducing them in 1934, they petitioned for a permit, the application percolated up to the national hunting authorities, that were in fact as @Hugin&Munin stated, at this time already led by Göring. However to make it more interesting they titled the article in a way that calls the raccoons "Göring's favorites".Waschbärenplage: Görings Günstlinge haben Kassel im Griff
1934 wurden die aus Amerika stammenden Waschbären mit Genehmigung von Hermann Görings Jagdbehörde in Deutschland angesiedelt. Heute sind sie vor allem in Kassel zu einer echten Plage geworden. Dreist klauen sich die Kuscheltiere Futter aus Wohnhäusern - natürliche Feinde haben sie keine.
A lot of other outlets ran with that and it established a myth that this was a top down decree by Göring.
Anyway record-keeping has been so meticulous that the whole thing could be exactly reconstructed by the local forestry and hunting authorities and an important detail is that the two pairs of raccoons were already released on 12 April 1934, while the permission was only signed on April 28. i.e the locals did this of their own accord and just wanted official backing.
All of this is of course in German https://www.hna.de/hessen/auf-nazi-...erster-raeumt-mit-geruechten-zr-93107103.html
but in the end "Göring's Nazi raccoons" is a bit of an internet myth. It definitely wasn't an idea that originated at the top and while there is no way to prove that he never laid eyes on the application, the signatures approving it are from lower tier employees.
there is another similar Spiegel piece that reports, they 'are said to taste best marinated with celeriac and onions' (and of course there are a lot of recipes online for "Waschbärbraten") but I didn't find one with actual recipes in it
