Before this, the only place I have ever heard that slur is from a Pink Floyd song, but until now I could only guess to whom it referred.

They probably used that graphic because Toronto has an actual raccoon problem. I’m not commenting on the “tastefulness” of the graphic

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/11/03/toronto-raccoons-war-big-story-podcast/

https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/11/toronto-raccoon-corpse-problem-canine-distemper/