{"id":338816,"date":"2025-12-09T11:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/338816\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:04:21","slug":"trashed-panda-to-the-rescue-drunk-raccoon-who-ransacked-liquor-store-fundraises-for-animal-shelter-with-his-own-line-of-t-shirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/338816\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Trashed panda\u2019 to the rescue! Drunk raccoon who ransacked liquor store fundraises for animal shelter with his own line of T-shirts"},"content":{"rendered":"

A raccoon who made national headlines for ransacking a Virginia liquor store has inspired his own line of cocktails, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and mugs, with proceeds benefiting some of his fellow furry friends.<\/p>\n

Surveillance footage late last month showed the furry burglar on a booze-fueled rampage, smashing dozens of bottles and raiding shelves inside the store in Ashland, about 16 miles north of Richmond.<\/p>\n

The raccoon was later found by a local animal control officer passed out, face down on the bathroom floor.<\/p>\n

The hilarious incident has earned the trash panda local celebrity status, with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority naming three cocktails after the critter, and local animal control officials creating a line of merchandise dedicated to the raccoon.<\/p>\n

The Hanover County Animal Protection & Shelter announced the \u201cAshland Drunk Raccoon\u201d <\/a>T-shirts, which read \u201cTrashed Panda\u201d and featured a drawing of a passed-out raccoon and an abandoned alcohol bottle across the front.<\/p>\n

\"Officials<\/p>\n

Officials in Virginia are selling merchandise inspired by the drunken raccoon that ransacked a local liquor store, with proceeds set to benefit the local animal shelter (Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter \/ Bonfire)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The raccoon was found by an animal control officer face down and passed out in the liquor store\u2019s bathroom<\/p>\n

Proceeds from the merchandise will go directly to the county-run shelter to help fund training, equipment, and shelter needs for the animals.<\/p>\n

In addition to the T-shirt, officials are selling a hoodie, long-sleeve shirt, mug, tumbler and sticker featuring the same \u201cTrashed Panda\u201d image across the front. In a Facebook post Friday, officials said the T-shirt campaign had raised nearly $100,000 to benefit the shelter and local animal protection officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are absolutely blown away! Thanks to our incredible community, and everyone who jumped in on the fun of our now-famous \u2018drunk-raccoon\u2019 story, our Bonfire merch campaign is approaching $100,000 raised for Hanover County Animal Protection & Shelter and Hanover Animal Protection Officers,\u201d animal control wrote on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n

Virginia\u2019s beverage control authority also shared a new ad<\/a> inspired by the drunken raccoon\u2019s antics, including three digital artworks of the raccoon with various types of alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control authority shared several cocktail recipes inspired by the trash panda\u2019s chaotic break-in (Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The wild raccoon knocked over dozens of bottles of alcohol during his mid-night rampage through the store<\/p>\n

The \u201cRaccoon\u2019s Recommendations\u201d include a \u201cRye Rascal Sour,\u201d a \u201cTrash Panda Old Fashioned,\u201d and a \u201cMidnight Masked Gin Fizz.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cmasked\u201d bandit has become something of a pop culture icon, with Saturday Night Live star Sarah Sherman dressing up as the viral four-pawed troublemaker during Saturday\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n

During the bit, \u201cWeekend Update\u201d co-host Collin Jost introduced Sherman as the raccoon, telling viewers, \u201cHere to explain their actions is that drunk raccoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherman then slid onto the table while acting intoxicated and carrying a bottle of booze.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the real-life raccoon involved in the hilarious hijinks was taken back to the animal shelter after the break-in and monitored as he sobered up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 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 the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A raccoon who made national headlines for ransacking a Virginia liquor store has inspired his own line of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[68358,66272,68483,170474,166346,166342,79,170475,170472,170473,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-338816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animal-control","9":"tag-animal-protection","10":"tag-animal-shelter","11":"tag-control-authority","12":"tag-drunk-raccoon","13":"tag-liquor-store","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-trash-panda","16":"tag-virginia-alcoholic-beverage-control","17":"tag-virginia-alcoholic-beverage-control-authority","18":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}