White House menace caught

[Mr. Hyde]

Source: CNN

After weeks on the run, officials have nabbed a fugitive who infiltrated White House grounds: on Wednesday, they announced the capture of one of the raccoons raising mayhem around the executive mansion over the last month.

White House spokesman Bill Burton confirms the National Park Service has captured at least one of the particularly ambitious mammals and released it safely in an "undisclosed location."

The pesky intruders were first spotted roaming the premises early this month, and have since proved to be a repeated nuisance for National Park Service officials charged with maintaining the White House grounds.

The matter even made its way to one of the White House daily briefings with reporters, when Press Secretary Robert Gibbs acknowledged the difficulty officials were having in catching the animals.
Several traps were set up around the White House lawn in early February after it was determined that one large raccoon and several smaller ones were the chief mischief doers.



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oh my.

[DUlover2909]

1. Canines, raccoons, and bears share a common ancestor.

They are all smart and cuddly all at the same time.

[Berry Cool]

2. I'm so glad they finally nabbed this one.

If only they could have nabbed the pesky intruder raising mayhem around the executive mansion over the past eight years.

Talk about a "repeated nuisance"...

[Kalyan]

3. so it was this ..

so it was this ...

... that bush left behind instead of the rotten fish

[leveymg]

4. "A-o-l be b-o-ck"

[tanyev]

5. I hope that undisclosed location was Cheney's back yard.

[Earth_First]

6. Oh no! That would be a death sentence!

Cheney enjoys killing things for sport.

[Bake]

7. Assuming, of course, he could HIT it.

His aim isn't too good.

Bake

[Lost in CT]

8. Well I guess we now know who is replacing the prisoners at

Guantanamo.

[Sancho]

9. Maybe they're coming out now that torture of animals is rescinded.