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A "very intoxicated" raccoon was "apprehended" after breaking into a Virginia liquor store on Nov. 29 and ransacking the shelves, animal protection officials said

After ransacking the shelves and getting drunk, the raccoon passed out in the store's bathroom

The raccoon was transported to a shelter where it was allowed to "sober up" for a few hours, then safely released into the wild

A raccoon has just sobered up behind bars after it broke into a Virginia liquor store, ransacked the shelves, and passed out in the bathroom following a "liquor-fueled rampage," county officials said.

A Hanover County Animal Protection (HCAP) officer responded to a call at a liquor store in Ashland Va. on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 29. When she arrived, the officer found that a raccoon had

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