Dead raccoon gets epic memorial after Animal Control refuses to clean him up

[Bastet]

Early yesterday morning in the city of Toronto, a plucky raccoon was running down the street when he was suddenly struck by… a car? Lightning? A broken heart?

We may never know the precise cause of his death, but when Toronto residents found Conrad the raccoon’s lifeless form on the sidewalk, their northern hearts were warmed.

An unknown angel of mercy placed a single red rose in Conrad’s clenched little claw. Then another put a framed photo of a raccoon next to his asphalt grave. A condolence card was laid underneath his splayed foot. An urban memorial had begun.

That’s when Jason Wagar stumbled on the impromptu vigil and tweeted it for the world to see.

http://www.dailydot.com/lol/toronto-dead-raccoon-twitter/?fb=dd

[Icequeen]

 

Toronto still must have a pretty fair clean up record.

If they made memorials here they would run out of candles. 

We live next to the highway, and trust me, animal control will not come out unless there is a deer laying in the middle of the road...then they will send out somebody to drag it to the berm.

...and if it happens to make it off the road, and dies on your property...it's now all yours.

[Gopher Gary]

[Bastet]

I was going to but I was feeling lazy

[Gopher Gary]

Someone stuck a joint in his fingers. 

[Bastet]

I didn't even see that :0

[Pyraxis]

 

Friend of yours, Gary?

[Gopher Gary]

Friend of yours, Gary?

A friend with weed is a friend indeed.