myersbg 1,385 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Caught this fckr today while out checking mole traps, what do you think ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,763 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Raccoon dog 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Looks like a raccoon...............raccoon-ish ! Do you get many raccoons in Cumbria ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myersbg 1,385 Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 correct Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,527 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Seen them for sale on exotic animal sites,is it tame? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 20,611 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/18/rspca-calls-ban-sale-raccoon-dogs-pose-threat-wildlife/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myersbg 1,385 Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Racoon Dog, there has been 4 caught in the last month all within a 4 mile radius, someone must have let them go, i lassoed it with a dog lead in a reed bed, put it in the foxtrap when i got home, it has eaten half a rabbit allready, dont know what the fck i am going to do with it. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Post it through a pakis letterbox 1 14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pepper 45 55 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 raccoon dog. must have escaped from somewhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Treat it like a mink or a grey squirrel and do the right thing. Don't think where it came from and just remember that it doesn't belong. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArchieHood 3,692 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just now, pepper 45 said: raccoon dog. must have escaped from somewhere. Your certainly on fire tonight............... 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myersbg 1,385 Posted March 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 don't worry it will not be going anywhere , the next time you see it it will be in my furr collection 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ted Newgent 4,896 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 becareful handling it,they get pissy and will bite you. although rabies is scarce in the UK these do carry the disease. shoot it or knock it on the head or drop the cage into water Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 I've got a keeper mate in Yorkshire that caught a raccoon in a snare a while back ....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,539 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 a racoon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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