Bob CollinsWe love you so very much, Internet.
In Toronto, authorities were slow to pick up a dead racoon. So people started creating a memorial to it, and created a hashtag on Twitter — #deadraccoonTO — to honor it.
Jason Wager got things started when he called animal control.
@jasonwagar Thank you for letting us know. This was reported a short while ago and Animal Services has been notified. ^de
— 311 Toronto (@311Toronto) July 9, 2015
Someone placed a single red rose, and as the hours of neglect mounted, so did the size of the memorial to “Conrad.”
@norm @311Toronto 8:20 pm. Come on, Animal Services. pic.twitter.com/3RPc1XdX50
— Jason Wagar (@jasonwagar) July 10, 2015
Night fell and candles were lit.
. @steviepeters Candles! A vigil! #DeadRaccoonTO pic.twitter.com/eEr54v34wr
— Gavin Graham (@gavingraham) July 10, 2015
And then Conrad was picked up by a city worker, thrown in a plastic trash bag, and removed.
Here is The City of Toronto worker removing the raccoon. #DeadRaccoonTO pic.twitter.com/nwbgOIIEQB
— Kris Pangilinan (@KrisReports) July 10, 2015
But his memory shall live on.
Someone has added a donation box beside the dead raccoon. #DeadRaccoonTO pic.twitter.com/fXHzcf9LJu
— Kris Pangilinan (@KrisReports) July 10, 2015
A Toronto city councillor summed up the mood of his city.
Damn. Life's so short.
— Norm Kelly (@norm) July 10, 2015
