Animal warfare just got real in Canada.
Toronto's "war on raccoon nation" has escalated quickly, outstripping its humble, trash-based beginnings and transforming into an all-out infiltration of the city's tallest assets.
No longer are Toronto's raccoons solely assaulting garbage bins and common decency -- one little assassin climbed a 700-foot ladder to try and take out a crane operator. Clearly, the raccoon army is retaliating against human Mayor John Tory's plans to extinguish them, and his assertion that, “We are ready. We are armed. We are motivated.”
Raccoon nation launches air force: This guy climbed 700 ft. to greet crane op. @SkyJacked793 at Yonge/Esplanade. pic.twitter.com/pgh1HzI0J9— CityNews Toronto (@CityNews) April 16, 2015
Toronto resident Steve Layton chimed in with his prescient fears about the raccoon army's next move:
@citynews @skyjacked793 Watch out! The Racoons are now coming after our jobs, not just our garbage.— Steve Layton (@SteveWLayton) April 16, 2015
Citizens of Toronto, this is your warning to be on high alert: No place is safe from the eerily human hands of the raccoon.