Overview
- Officials confirm increasing complaints and damage in Berlin, often from raccoons nesting in roofs and interfering with technical infrastructure.
- Named sites include Charité, BSR buildings, schools, waterworks, swimming pools, a power plant, barracks, parks and private properties.
- From 2020 to 2025, 83 raccoons were killed in Berlin, with 24 removals cited for protecting sensitive infrastructure, preventing property damage or meeting hygiene requirements.
- Authorities describe these as targeted actions rather than a citywide population reduction, and raccoons may be hunted year-round in Berlin.
- With numbers reported in the millions and ranges expanding, guidance urges residents to secure bins, restrict food attractants, protect bird feeders and block climbing routes; live-trapped animals must be handed to hunters and not relocated.