Escaped weird but real raccoon dogs menace the English countryside

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Raccoon dogs are on the loose in the UK. While it may sound like the plot of a comic book set amidst a world filled with nuclear fallout, the animals are very real and apparently freaking people out in the northern English countryside.

The exotic pets, which are members of the dog family from Asia, escaped from an enclosure in Clarborough Tuesday and began terrorizing neighbors. One of the animals was photographed at a nearby farm and allegedly attacked a goat.

Nottinghamshire Police said they're not domesticated and "potentially dangerous if approached."

According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, raccoon dogs hail from eastern Asia but have been imported to Europe, although the organization strongly discourages keeping them as pets.

"Raccoon dogs are wild animals," reads the RSPCA information page on the species. "They need a great deal of space and their needs simply cannot be met in a typical household. They're also extremely smelly, as they use scent to communicate with one another."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/escaped-weird-but-real-raccoon-dogs-menace-the-english-countryside/ar-AAC5ZW5?li=BBnbfcL

[hlthe2b]

1. Protect them in their natural environment, but no thanks to becoming pets....

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Did you see the albino giant panda on the same page?

[ProudLib72]

3. This sort of thing seems to always be happening in the UK

Cornwall dog attacked by 'possible panther' at Callington: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-47827786

Stick to hedgehogs, Brits!