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The now-viral and infamous \u2018trashed panda\u2019 \u2013 Courtesy of Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter<\/p>\n The now-viral and infamous \u2018trashed panda\u2019 \u2013 Courtesy of Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter<\/p>\n
In early December, US social media airwaves got drunk off the hilarity of a Virginia raccoon that was discovered<\/a> unconscious in a bathroom after breaking into a Richmond liquor store on what can only be described as a class A bender.<\/p>\n Hanover County Animal Protection revealed the story on Facebook after one of their officers was called to the scene to escort the raccoon off the premises.<\/p>\n Now, a fundraiser in honor of the event has raised over $180,000 for the shelter.<\/p>\n Known somewhat affectionately as \u201ctrash pandas\u201d after their penchant for dumpster diving, it didn\u2019t take George Carlin to reason that the raccoon caught in a drunk stupor was a \u201ctrashed panda.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOn Saturday morning, Officer Martin responded to an unusual call at the Ashland ABC Store. Upon arrival, she discovered the \u2018suspect\u2019 had broken in, ransacked several shelves, and then\u2026 passed out in the bathroom,\u201d Hanover County Animal Protection first wrote on Facebook on December 2nd.<\/p>\n \u201cOfficer Martin safely secured our masked bandit and transported him back to the shelter to sober up before questioning. After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n Two days later, Bonfire, a company that allows clients to upload their designs onto simple merchandise options like hoodies and tumblers, was offering a line of \u201ctrashed panda\u201d merch<\/a>, with all proceeds going towards the animal shelter in Hanover.<\/p>\n By December 5th, $100,000 had been raised.<\/p>\n Each shirt, hoodie, or coffee mug had a slightly artistic depiction of the collapsed raccoon in the photo taken by Officer Martin, next to an open liquor bottle and a hashtag for the animal shelter.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/One-of-the-Hanover-shelters-merch-options-Courtesy-of-Anja-Tvrtkovic-at-Bonfire-1024x576.jpg\")
One of the Hanover shelter\u2019s merch options \u2013 Courtesy of Anja Tvrtkovic at Bonfire<\/p>\n