By MICHAEL D. SHEAR WASHINGTON POST Feb. 5, 2009, 11:11PM
WASHINGTON " A small band of masked intruders has broken into the secure White House grounds and has evaded capture by agents of the new Obama administration, officials said Thursday.
The National Park Service is in pursuit of one very large raccoon and several medium-sized raccoons, who have been roaming the grounds around the Executive Mansion and the West Wing, a spokesman said.
"The idea of raccoons on the White House grounds give us great pause," spokesman Bill Burton said.
So far, the raccoons have evaded capture despite the presence of several "live traps," which are essentially cages with a one-way doors to keep the animals inside. The traps are baited with apples, cat food and peanut butter, Burton said.
If the animals are captured, Burton said, the National Park Service will release them, unharmed, into a wooded area.
He noted that the presence of raccoons at the White House is not unprecedented.
According to legend, President Calvin Coolidge had several "unusual pets" including two raccoons and a bobcat.
Masked creatures? Why not bait the traps with bailout vouchers? In a Democratic town full of bandits, I'm surprised no one thought of this before me . . .
If the animals are captured, Burton said, the National Park Service will release them, unharmed, into a wooded area.
I believe this would be illegal. A friend of mine is a trapper in the suburbs. He has said it is illegal for him to release captured racoons back into the wild. He is suppose to kill them.
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there it was said, everyone was thinking it. My buddy who actually is black, told about this on Friday and that's how he started the story.Went something like "you hear everyone's upset about the coons in the whitehouse" and looked at him and said "what" then he told me the whole story.
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