Nazi Raccoons Invading Europe!

[Anonymous]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004111424,00.html

Nazi racoons on warpath
By JULIE MOULT

HORDES of Nazi racoons are out to conquer Europe.

They are just across the Channel from Britain after marching through France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark in a furry blitzkrieg.

Hitler aide Hermann Goering had the US mammals introduced to German woods in 1934 to “enrich the Reich’s fauna”.

But numbers have soared and they are invading new territory — just like the Nazis did. Germany has more than a million racoons.

The 2ft-long creatures have no natural predators and are a serious pest, entering houses to steal food and endangering local wildlife.

Now there are plans to launch a cull. Expert Ulf Hohmann warned: “Racoons will eventually spread to the whole of Europe.”

The menace follows reports of ten million “Stalin” crabs with a 3ft claw span heading towards Britain from Russia.

 

[Anonymous]

The Wiesenthal Center should sponsor these Nazi racoon hunters.

 

[McAvennie]

The Sun's pic of a Nazi raccoon cracked me up!

 

[taras]

Ah, I read this in the newspaper edition but that didn't have the pic. Cool!

 

[Kondoru]

Arent they getting these animals mixed up with the Racoon dog?

(A retiring asiatic mammal which has been moving west of recent years, looks like a racoon but without the tail, and yes, it is a genuine canid.)

 

[Bullseye]

No ,they are the North American Racoons, true no natural predators in Europe and a bit of a nuisance(sp), but probably not as bad as reported.