Actually Linz, Germany.  From the Telegraph (UK):

The bloodcurdling mating cries of a German badger caused Rhineland police to deploy a helicopter search last night in the belief that a woman was being attacked…..But after the helicopters had thoroughly surveyed the area, they discovered a far less murderous cause of the chilling cries than had originally been feared.

Instead of a violent maniac and his terrified victim, they discovered a number of romantically inclined badgers engaged in the pursuit of love. “Subsequent enquiries found that the mating calls of a badger during the mating season in July and August are easily mistaken for human screaming,” said the police.

“There’s an overpopulation of badgers in this area,” an official later told the German publication Der Spiegel.

Well, this isn’t going to help matters much, is it?  Three words, people:  neutering and spaying.

I hear Jesse Jackson is available and more than willing to help.  All you have to do is rename all the male badgers “Barack.”

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