Vandals set fire to a mouse statue that’s a TV star and mascot for children’s programming at German broadcaster WDR. The cartoon mouse, known only as “Die Maus,” is the eponymous star of “Die Sendung mit der Maus” (The Show with the Mouse) since it first aired in West Germany in 1971. The statue — featuring the character's famous orange body with brown ears, arms and legs — greets families and children outside a media building in Cologne, Germany. The fire blackened parts of the mouse’s face and arm. WDR's head of children's programming said a piece of childhood was attacked.
