Raccoon on the plate: Extraordinary cooking course to promote species protection
Weimar – At the Lindeneck inn in Weimar, 15 hunters from Thuringia took part in the first raccoon cooking course
- Center-left1
- Center-right1
1 agency rewrite / co-publication detected
Summary
Weimar – In the inn Lindeneck in Weimar, 15 hunters from Thuringia prepared culls of the animal with red wine cranberry sauce, red cabbage and monkeys at the first raccoon cooking course. Homepage Panorama Raccoon on the plate: Extraordinary cooking course to promote species protection Stand: 17.08.2026, 17.24 PM Comments We follow Butterzart, spicy, surprisingly delicious on Google: In Weimar, hunters cook raccoon – and thus break a taboo on German plates. In Thuringia alone, more than 18,000 raccoons were killed last year, up to 28 times as many as in 2000.
Furthermore, Chef Hataßengier, who has been vegetarian for more than ten years, wants to change that: For a year now, raccoons have been regularly on his menu – as burgers, as Sunday roasts and from the grill. The raccoon is considered an invasive species in Germany – it originates from North America, has hardly any natural enemies and is spreading massively. Organizers are the Ecological Hunting Association (ÖJV) Thuringia and restaurateur Steffen Haaßengier.
In addition, Why hardly a raccoon lands on German plates – and what is changing now Behind the cooking class is more than culinary curiosity.
Cross-referenced from 2 sources.
Factual coreconfirmed by several independent voices
Weimar – In the inn Lindeneck in Weimar, 15 hunters from Thuringia prepared culls of the animal with red wine cranberry sauce, red cabbage and monkeys at the first raccoon cooking course.
reliability low1/2 sourcesHomepage Panorama Raccoon on the plate: Extraordinary cooking course to promote species protection Stand: 17.08.2026, 17.24 PM Comments We follow Butterzart, spicy, surprisingly delicious on Google: In Weimar, hunters cook raccoon – and thus break a taboo on German plates.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn Thuringia alone, more than 18,000 raccoons were killed last year, up to 28 times as many as in 2000.
reliability low1/2 sourcesChef Hataßengier, who has been vegetarian for more than ten years, wants to change that: For a year now, raccoons have been regularly on his menu – as burgers, as Sunday roasts and from the grill.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe raccoon is considered an invasive species in Germany – it originates from North America, has hardly any natural enemies and is spreading massively.
reliability low1/2 sourcesOrganizers are the Ecological Hunting Association (ÖJV) Thuringia and restaurateur Steffen Haaßengier.
reliability low1/2 sourcesWhy hardly a raccoon lands on German plates – and what is changing now Behind the cooking class is more than culinary curiosity.
reliability low1/2 sources
Disputedincompatible versions — to verify
No factual contradiction detected between sources.
Framing by sidesame fact, different words — loaded terms highlighted
No notable framing divergence.
Blind spotwhat one side keeps silent
No blind spot detected: every side covers the same facts.
Sources2 sources cross-checked
Center-left1
Center-right1
