The raccoon was brought to us from North America in the 1920s and 1930s as a fur supplier and in the following years eked out an existence mainly on fur farms. The raccoon was deliberately released for the first time in Hesse in 1934 with the aim of settling it here. While the raccoon was still protected in the years following its settlement, Hesse was the first federal state to include the small bear in hunting law. Today it falls under hunting law in almost all federal states. How to deal with the raccoon as a “new citizen” in Germany is controversially discussed.
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Robert von der Haune

July 25, 2021

With a body length between 41 and 71 centimeters and a weight between 3.6 and 9.0 kilograms, the raccoon is the largest member of the small bear family. The black face mask is typical of the raccoon. The animals have good memories. In experiments, the animals could still remember the solution to a previously set task after three years. Raccoons are omnivores and their diet is roughly 40 percent plant-based, 33 percent mollusc and 27 percent vertebrate. Raccoons kept in captivity often submerge their food under water, which has been interpreted as "washing", but is very likely an idle act to imitate foraging on river or lake banks, where the raccoon groping under stones and other hiding places for crabs or other Seeks food.

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