New Employment Opportunities for Raccoons?

From this recent article, "Circus animal ban should be watered down to exclude raccoons," officials seek to allow raccoon performers to continue to work in the UK.  This is indeed a deeply complex issue, with important arguments on either side.  While, of course, I am not suggesting that raccoons be forced to perform for entertainment purposes, I am saying that raccoons should be able to support themselves and their families in a variety of employment sectors.  Taking away viable employment opportunities for raccoons would not contribute to growth in raccoon employment that is desperately needed.  I have been asked recently to speculate on the employment sectors that should be opened to raccoons, but I think raccoons themselves should be identifying the opportunities they are looking for, for instance, in banking, or sports medical therapy.  

Should raccoons be performing in the circus?  Should they be performing on television?  These are really good questions, and I will be monitoring this issue as we countdown to the 2015 decision.  Either way, we’re going to see some dramatic changes to raccoon culture in the workplace.

 

 

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