BERLIN -(Reuters)A badger in Germany got so drunk on over-ripe cherries it staggered into the middle of a road and refused to budge, police said on Wednesday.And now for the press analysis:
A motorist called police near the central town of Goslar to report a dead badger on a road -- only for officers to turn up and discover the animal alive and well, but drunk.
Police discovered the nocturnal beast had eaten cherries from a nearby tree which had turned to alcohol and given the badger diarrhea.
Having failed to scare the animal away, officers eventually chased it from the road with a broom.
(Reporting by Dave Graham; editing by Myra MacDonald)
The Sun (U.K.): A DRUNK UNDER SOBER EXTERIOR! SECRET LIFE OF MR BADGER IN 'THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS' UNCOVERED BY GOOD POLICE WORK!
The Nation: Police Brutality? Wildlife Attacked By Broom-Wielding Officer
World Net Daily: Germany's Police State: Innocent Animal Not Allowed To Sleep Off A Bender! Is America Next?
The New York Times: CDC orders Study of Connection Between Fermented Cherries and Alcoholism in Children, Wildlife
My excuses:
1. It's Friday.
2. We're, er, drunk with exhaustion from poring over reports on Piggy Flu.
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Procrustes at RBO is to blame for finding the pix of what just might be a tipsy badger.
suspect immediately the broom was bewitched and the badger is in fact a reincarnated Prussian general named Ludendorff
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