The first American invasion of Germany did not occur in 1945. It actually started in the 1930's when the vicious warlords of the Animal Uprising™ first released their ravening followers on the unsuspecting German populace. Seventy-plus years on and the conquest of Germany is nearing completion. The raccoons are winning.
It's an invasion that has many in Germany up in arms. Literally. The raccoon population is exploding in the country — as witnessed by the rapidly increasing numbers of them being shot by German hunters — and nature lovers are not happy. Worse, the furry interlopers have no natural predators here and are therefore free to breed at their leisure.
They are not making themselves popular. Wine-makers in the region of Annenwalde in the state of Brandenburg have taken to protecting their vines from raccoons with electric fences and guard dogs, while cherry farmers in Witzenhausen in Hesse state complain that the 'coons steal their fruit.
And other species are losing out too. "The raccoon has become the scourge of the bird world," says Bernd Möller from the Brandenburg hunters' association. "They get their little paws on everything and they love to steal the eggs of ducks on nature reserves."…..
……Although exact figures of raccoon populations in Germany are not available, the numbers of raccoons shot give a rough indication of demographic trends. In the state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin, hunters killed 41 raccoons in 1990. In the last hunting season, it was 5,712. A total of 30,000 were killed across Germany in the last year, more than three times the number killed six years ago.
And the bestest news of all for the suffering German humans? The raccoon legions like the cities even better than they do the countryside! Sleep well, Berlin!
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