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# Hanover animal control will sell 'drunk raccoon' t-shirts after story goes viral
- URL: https://www.richmonder.org/hanover-animal-control-will-sell-drunk-raccoon-t-shirts-after-story-goes-viral/
- Published: 2025-12-03T20:27:30.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-03T20:27:30.000Z
- Description: "We’re grateful for a community that can find joy in a unique moment and help turn it into something that benefits animals in need."
- Author: Michael Phillips
- Tags: Local News

An offbeat news story has made Ashland the center of the universe, at least for the moment.

Early Saturday morning, a raccoon found its way into the ABC store, where it knocked over bottles of liquor. An animal control officer later found the raccoon face-down in the store's bathroom, passed out.

The story quickly made the rounds nationally:

Now, the group is turning the story into a fundraiser.

"We’re grateful for a community that can find joy in a unique moment and help turn it into something that benefits animals in need," Hanover animal control wrote on its [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/hcvaanimalprotection/).

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/2025/12/download.jpeg)](https://www.bonfire.com/trashed-panda/)

The shirt created by Hanover animal control staff.

The shirt [will be available](https://www.bonfire.com/trashed-panda/) for a limited time, with proceeds going to animal control efforts in Hanover County.

*Contact Michael Phillips at* [*mphillips@richmonder.org*](mailto:mphillips@richmonder.org)*.*

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