NewsFire brigade rescues exhausted raccoons from the Elbe

Fire brigade rescues exhausted raccoons from the Elbe

Emergency in the harbor basin of Wedel near Hamburg: The fire brigade had to rescue a raccoon from the water.

Bad Segeberg – The fire brigade rescued a completely exhausted raccoon from the Elbe harbor in Wedel near Pinneberg.

The animal, which did not make it out of the pool on its own, clung to a board, the police said on Friday. Fire brigade comrades pulled the raccoon into a rubber dinghy. The exhausted animal was then taken to a wildlife sanctuary in a transport box. The animal rescue occurred on Thursday. dpa

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