Raccoons: The New Europeans

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Documentary

Overview

Once raccoons were brought to Germany for their fur. Today many people wish them gone. There are approximately half a million raccoons living in Germany and they are spreading throughout Europe. It all started in the first half of the last century with fur farms. Since fur produced in captivity was of lesser quality than fur from the wild, it was decided to release two gestate pairs into the forest. They came upon ideal living conditions and multiplied busily. For a long time, there were no studies on how raccoons affect native species. Only in the last years have German biologists started to shed light on it with surprising and mainly comforting conclusions.

Keywords

raccoon
invasive species
nature documentary

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 24, 2012
Original language: German
Spoken languages: german, english
Countries: Germany
Production: Light & Shadow
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt17220754