Memorial for Dead Raccoon. Oh, Canada!

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www.boredpanda.com/dead-raccoon-memorial-shrine-mourning-deadraccoonto-toronto/

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United by mourning and healing, the people of Toronto have rallied around an anonymous hero – a dead raccoon who lay on the sidewalk for more than 12 hours before the city’s animal services finally scooped it up to take it to a better place.
After he was reported to Toronto’s city administration on the morning of July 9th, more than 12 hours elapsed before he was eventually removed. In that time, a memorial shrine was erected around the poor guy, complete with photos, cards, candles, roses, and a trending hashtag – #deadraccoonto. At around 11:00 at night, the party was over – animal services finally picked him up, more than a little chagrined.

At 9 A.M. on Thursday, a man in Toronto reported a dead raccoon on the sidewalk to the city

Message received

Around noon, however, someone placed a note next to it

6 hours later, he was found with a flower, a card and a framed photo

Someone gave the raccoon its own personal memorial hastag, #DeadRaccoonTO


Sharpies and memorial cards appeared

At around 8 P.M., he was still there, and the flowers were piling up

One city councilor offered to leave bins open as a sign of mourning and respect

The councilor even made a Drake reference

Almost 12 hours later – at 8:20 P.M. – the raccoon was still there

Passersby began a candlelight vigil

Someone even places a Jesus candle

“The proper authorities will only move this little fella when enough funds are raised”

People continued to leave him messages of love and grief

Toronto’s animal services showed up around 11:00

Goodnight, sweet prince

He’s gone, but people are still lighting candles

[lilafowler]

OMG LOLOLOL

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LMAO

[ginger]

I'm so glad I opened this!!!

[jane6672]

Jul 10, 2015 9:39:06 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

OMG the framed photo is too much. lololol

It's not a photo, they are facetiming with another raccoon. MixedBerryJam

[dirtyred]

My husband was on a work call when I read this. I nearly died trying to hold in the laughter.

[amberlyrose]

lololol. I love the internets.

[frkls]

the open trash cans are my favorite

[Serenity9]

[FastHands]

Wait, I just noticed the 8pm picture -- someone put something in his hand! LOL. Is this a candle or a cigarette??

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Jul 10, 2015 9:48:00 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

lol at the city councelor telling people to leave their garbage bins open in honour of the dead raccoon.

I love that it was actually a really well-composed image. So perfect.

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From Buzzfeed: "The worker placed the raccoon in a garbage bag as a small crowd watched, mostly in silence. 'Seriously guys, it’s a dead raccoon,' the worker said. He was oblivious to the moment, to how this dead raccoon had united so many."

[fezzik]

This made me laugh way more than I expected. Good stuff.

[nsl]

Oh man, I really needed this today.

[pixy0stix]

The Jesus candle did me in.

[cuddlyevil]

This was the best thing I read all morning.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

The city worker saying, "Seriously guys, it's a dead raccoon" to the silent crowd watching the disposal is the best.

[anlo]

I love this. The "reaction" photo of Drake is awesome.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jul 10, 2015 9:42:16 GMT -5 jane6672 said:

Jul 10, 2015 9:39:06 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

OMG the framed photo is too much. lololol

It's not a photo, they are facetiming with another raccoon. MixedBerryJam

Dead. Like, literally. Dead.

[jreeds]

Lol!

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

I need to move to Canada

[onomatopoeia]

I don't know. On one hand I do think it's kind of humorous. But it's also pretty disrespectful.

[alzi]

Haaaahaha. That is amazing. Like the raccoon with the get well soon balloon but so much better.

[textbookcase]

Jul 10, 2015 11:11:15 GMT -5 onomatopoeia said:

I don't know. On one hand I do think it's kind of humorous. But it's also pretty disrespectful.

Seriously, guys, it's just a dead raccoon.

[rugbywife]

Jul 10, 2015 11:11:15 GMT -5 onomatopoeia said:

I don't know. On one hand I do think it's kind of humorous. But it's also pretty disrespectful.

This is the best treatment any dead Canadian raccoon has ever received. 

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legit LOL

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Hah.

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Jul 10, 2015 11:11:15 GMT -5 onomatopoeia said:

I don't know. On one hand I do think it's kind of humorous. But it's also pretty disrespectful.

To the raccoon? The raccoon that was placed in a trash bag?
For someone with a cappuccino monkey avatar, you're not a lot of fun.

[onomatopoeia]

Jul 10, 2015 11:34:38 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Jul 10, 2015 11:11:15 GMT -5 onomatopoeia said:

I don't know. On one hand I do think it's kind of humorous. But it's also pretty disrespectful.

To the raccoon? The raccoon that was placed in a trash bag?
For someone with a cappuccino monkey avatar, you're not a lot of fun.

lol. I know I'm a debbie downer today. I just think the posing with cigarette, the flowers - it just came across a little like using a dead animal as...some kind of prop in a social media game.  Which felt a little weird to me is all.

I'm well aware I may be over-thinking this. 

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lol disrespectful