so it tastes like opossum? ummm, that doesn't help me any... My first thought was "gross", but I know it happens. Some lifelong neighbors of my mom's family run a "Coon Club" in Alabama; in a lot of ways it's their social center but I know they go coon hunting too... guess they eat them afterwards, then? I used to think, "wow, authentic rednecks" but the lead guy, who went to school with my mother, got written up in a national magazine for it, so actually he's very respected in his field and, in his own way, more successful than most of us will ever be. I'd still be worrying about it carrying rabies though. As for Detroit, given the vacant areas, I like the idea of it going back to the wild. Urban farms/gardens would be a good idea as well. Goodness knows we've built enough stuff where nature used to be, actually nice to see it going the other way around.
I don't know about now because of all of the development, but a few years ago, raccoons were a common sight in Midtown.
I took this at my home near Montrose and Westheimer a few months ago. One night about a year ago I looked out front to see 3 raccoons on my porch at once.
That's too cute. I couldn't eat that... Cows, Pigs, Fish, and Chickens are not as cute - I'll eat them all day long!
The man has a very good point there. Nearly all commercial meat and dairy products have tons of chemicals in them. If you're going to eat meat, it'd probably be a good idea to buy organic or grain-fed - or kill it yourself, like Mr. Beasley.
