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🌱 How one tipsy Ashland raccoon helped raise over $200,000

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  • How one tipsy Ashland raccoon helped raise over $200,000

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📰 News we're reading

• Virginia Raccoon That Passed Out Drunk In Liquor Store Is Repeat Offender (talk995.com) — An Ashland ABC store bathroom became the unlikely scene of a drunk raccoon, found passed out among shattered liquor bottles after breaking in through the ceiling. Animal control says this repeat offender has hit other local businesses too, and the bizarre incident ended up helping raise over $200,000 for Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter.
   

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    Tuesday December 16
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