“Get off my f—— boat,” the man yelled the raccoon, which was scurrying around the bow. “We’re just going to have to push him off.”
The man shouted more while approaching it. Then the raccoon appeared to fall off the boat. The video zoomed in on the raccoon paddling in the water, trying to stay afloat.
“So long, sucker,” the man said.
The video was quickly condemned by viewers on social media who called the episode “disgusting” and “despicable.”
Cope issued a statement apologizing for his actions and added that he wished there was some way he could have returned to shore to release the raccoon.
