[Ferocity]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

Local media at first reported that the racoon was being taken to Erfurt's animal shelter. But after the shelter posted on its Facebook page that this wasn't the case, a city spokesman told local broadcaster MDR Thuringia that authorities had no choice but to shoot the racoon because it would have been illegal to set it free.

He added that a vet had identified signs of canine distemper, a disease affecting a variety of animals which can be fatal.

The animals should not be released because they endanger the native ecosystem.

Under German law, racoons are categorised an invasive pet which may be hunted.

According to the Animal Protection Agency, it is unclear how shelters or rescue centres should handle captured animals.

Those fuckin' assholes
Murdered the little raccoon
nazi cunts

(i mean seriously... it's just a raccoon! WHO EVEN KNOWS IF IT HAD A DISEASE! That's like a cop yelling "stop resisting," or "you're being uncooperative!" There is no laboratory work quoted, there's no blood work that was done, no tissue biopsies or even a polymerase chain reaction of any variety! Fucking cruel lazy humans just wanted to get the job done as quickly as possible without taking the time to protect his life)

[Berserk]

Originally Posted by Ferocity ↗

Those fuckin' assholes
Murdered the little raccoon
nazi cunts

(i mean seriously... it's just a raccoon! WHO EVEN KNOWS IF IT HAD A DISEASE! That's like a cop yelling "stop resisting," or "you're being uncooperative!" There is no laboratory work quoted, there's no blood work that was done, no tissue biopsies or even a polymerase chain reaction of any variety! Fucking cruel lazy humans just wanted to get the job done as quickly as possible without taking the time to protect his life)

Do you even know what Canine Distemper is? (also called Carré)

For example, its not possible to diagnose it trough regular blood samples etc.
The symptoms are stress when touched (painful) , extreme muscle weakness, troubled breathing,
epilepsy.. Etc

Not gonna give the entire list here, Google it if you need to know

But i trust this mentioned Veterarian to have diagnosed this case accuratly, as being an Professional Vetinarian Technician myself and having seen simular cases with dogs.

In the far neorological state it already got here, there is no simple Cure for this, so the only "human way" is to put him out of his pain.

Not by shooting tough
-Just first a dose of Keta to get them Chill, and once into the K-Hole give a muscle relaxing injection that slows the heart down..

There is a chance with heavy antibiotics, hospitalisation (needs 24/7 care), forcefeeding etc.. To get rid of the infection.. But the Neurological dammage will always stay (the "drunk" behavior), so for wild animals its the death sentence to put them back after potential recovery

[sandoval666]

Originally Posted by Dogfood ↗

The raccoon was sick, Canine distemper and not drunk...

I've actually raised about 15 or so orphaned raccoons, and seen several canine distemper cases intimately close. One of them even survived, but suffered severe, permanent neurological damage and had to be put down.
That said, I can understand the presumption of canine distemper. Lack of coordination and loss of fear for humans are often the biggest tells. However, I couldn't ignore the absence of eye mucus and the fact that the stumbling wasn't consistent with what I've seen in distemper. And no matter how bad the case, no sick raccoon is that chill around people unless they've been extensively exposed, or have reached a complete stupor, which this little guy most certainly hasn't.
Despite my own distemper prejudgements, I honestly think that poor little guy actually is drunk.