Overview

• The Green politician introduced a raccoon named Axel in an Instagram post from the Brandenburg rescue facility Hauptsache Waschbär e. V.
• She joked it was the best day of her life, saying it even topped her 2024 wedding to Florian Wilsch.
• Lang urged followers to support the raccoon farm by taking out sponsorships to fund its care work.
• She said she intends to advance a project for ethical, sustainable population regulation to protect animals like Axel, describing it as a political goal rather than an enacted measure.
• Raccoons are treated as an invasive species in German cities such as Berlin, where non-lethal measures like education and birth control are favored, a context that mirrors Lang’s emphasis on humane approaches.