Video: Swans Toy With Raccoon Corpse in Prospect Park Lake

By SIMONE WILSON (Patch Staff)

PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN — As previously discussed on these pages, the animal lovers of Brownstone Brooklyn are way too nice to do anything about the urban raccoon invasion of 2015-16. So it’s a good thing we’ve got the growing swan population of Prospect Park Lake, equal parts magnificent and malevolent, to pick up the slack.

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Props to Nina Ippolito, Vimeo user and witness to nature’s core evils, for capturing this harrowing scene at Prospect Park Lake over the weekend — and a hat tip to Gothamist for bringing it to the attention of the masses. We’ve contacted local swan watcher/wildlife rehabilitator Anne-Katrin Titze for more on what all this could mean for the humans and raccoons of the borough. Will update ASAP with answers.