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Who says Torontonians are cold-hearted?

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Who says Torontonians are cold-hearted? BlogTO has a great little post about Annex residents piling carboard boxes and spare sheets below a lamppost. The reason? A raccoon somehow found its way to the top of a light standard and was not coming down. Read the Toronto Sun article or watch the short video of people making the “soft-landing pad.”

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3 comments

  1. did the little guy survive? i have read the articles and they do not say whether or not he did, and one made it sound like it died!

  2. Courtesy: Toronto Sun

    What goes up must come down.

    After spending two days atop a Bloor St. light standard, a traffic-stopping raccoon shimmied down just before 6 a.m. yesterday and scurried off into anonymity.

    “I think it learned its lesson,” said Helen Zachariou, who works at a corner store.

    The critter stopped dozens of people in their tracks Monday as it napped on the pole and its plight attracted Toronto Animal Services, a hydro cherry picker and the media.

    In the end, there was little anyone could do for the four-legged bandit except wait for it to come down to earth

  3. Read the “great little post” link and you’ll see that the Sun article left ALOT out – especially the role of “the local corner store”.