Comment by riffraff
3 months ago
Aren't those the Asian/Japanese racoons (tanuki) rather than the American ones?
I recall watching a video about that many years ago when they had started appearing in eastern Europe.
Edit: looking at the video they do look like American ones tho
Yes, those are clearly American raccoons, not the Asian "raccoon dogs".
In the video it's mentioned they were unwillingly introduced by the US military, kept as pets by servicemen and escaped.