Tristin Hopper Explains Why He Killed That Raccoon

WARNING: This story contains photos which may be disturbing to some readers.

It starts like any other night. Youre out for a romantic date with your wife, when suddenly someone and their dog is attacked by a raccoon and you have to stomp it to death.

Oh, and also your dad is there with a machete.

And then you post about it on Twitter .

Romantic night with wife cut short by having to kick a potentially rabid raccoon to death. Randomly attacked a pedestrian. pic.twitter.com/4BZuUWWFTz

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Romantic night with wife cut short by having to kick a potentially rabid raccoon to death. Randomly attacked a pedestrian. pic.twitter.com/4BZuUWWFTz
Tristin Hopper (@TristinHopper) August 24, 2019

This is apparently what happened to former National Post journalist Tristin Hopper last weekend in Victoria. In a post shared to Twitter, Hopper showed a seemingly dead raccoon under the heel of his dress shoe with the caption Romantic night with wife cut short by having to kick a potentially rabid raccoon to death. Randomly attacked a pedestrian.

Feedback to Hoppers post was quick and critical.

Why do you feel the need to take pictures and post them online, like you're some kind of hero for beating an animal to death? It was a 10 pound raccoon.

What you *should've* done was contained the raccoon & called a wildlife group to deal w/it.

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Why do you feel the need to take pictures and post them online, like you're some kind of hero for beating an animal to death? It was a 10 pound raccoon.

What you *should've* done was contained the raccoon & called a wildlife group to deal w/it.
Emily. J. (@bestfootf4rd) August 25, 2019

Why on earth would you post this?

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Why on earth would you post this?
Jill Scheyk (@MaximumJill) August 25, 2019

Did you really really think it was a good idea to brag and post pictures about it? What kind of mediocre life do you have to have when you feel like a hero for kicking the crap out of a sick animal.

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Did you really really think it was a good idea to brag and post pictures about it? What kind of mediocre life do you have to have when you feel like a hero for kicking the crap out of a sick animal.
Joy Henderson (@Joyhenderson78) August 25, 2019

Hopper defended his choice, further posting a photo of himself taking the original photo, with his father and the machete they used to finish it off off to the side. He also noted that neighbours had thanked him and his father for intervening in the situation.

And that's dad with the machete we used to finish it off. pic.twitter.com/Zh0jFayK0F

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And that's dad with the machete we used to finish it off. pic.twitter.com/Zh0jFayK0F
Tristin Hopper (@TristinHopper) August 24, 2019

In an email to HuffPost Canada, Hopper confirmed that he killed the raccoon after coming across it attacking a woman and her dog around 10 p.m. at night.

I tried two soccer (side of the foot) kicks to the raccoon to shake it off, but it pursued its attack. So, I managed to get my foot on the animals neck, which stopped the attack and allowed the woman and her dog to flee the scene, Hopper wrote. It is very reasonable to believe that had I not intervened, that dog would be dead.

According to the B.C. SPCA, Hopper was being investigated for animal cruelty. But Hopper said an officer from the SCPA looked into the situation and ultimately found no wrongdoing. Hopper said he called Victoria police immediately following the incident, but felt like killing the raccoon right away was the only thing to do in the situation.

I didnt think it responsible to release the animal without knowing whether it would turn on myself or another bystander, he wrote.

He said that animals that attack humans are often put down.

I could have waited upwards of an hour holding down a panicked animal by the neck, only to have it collected and euthanized by authorities anyway, he said. So, I motioned for a man who was out for a smoke to grab a stick and kill the animal as quickly as we could: With quick, forceful blows to the spine.

Hopper said the machete in the photo came from his nearby home, where he had it for a recent camping trip. His father who lived nearby brought it to ensure the animal was dead.

What should you do if you encounter a raccoon?

Shockingly, Hopper isnt the first journalist to have a deadly encounter with a raccoon and choose to make that public. Earlier this year, Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick wrote about stabbing a raccoon with a fork . Because apparently thats the world we live in.

Raccoons are the lovable bandits of our cities. They get stuck in grates . They steal donuts . And they figure out how to get through whatever obstacle we put in front of them.

WATCH: Toronto raccoon breaks into kitchen for snacks, stares down owner. Story continues below.

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And according to experts, it is highly unlikely a person would ever get in a situation where it would be necessary to kill the animal. Andrea Wallace manages Wild ARC, the British Columbia SPCAs wild animal rehabilitation centre. She says that raccoons are ultimately harmless.

I cant imagine what the circumstances wouldve been for a raccoon to attack a person, she told HuffPost Canada. Its not usual. Raccoons are usually quite intimidated by people and dont normally want to come into contact with people.

She says that while its technically legal to kill raccoons in B.C., she was horrified at the photo of Hopper stepping on the raccoon.

Its quite alarming, she said. We definitely discourage people from killing a raccoon. Theres lots of other ways to encourage it to move on.