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| 'Dangerous' raccoon dog escape prompts police warning | 'Dangerous' raccoon dog escape prompts police warning |
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| Two "potentially dangerous" raccoon dogs have escaped from an enclosure. | |
| It is believed the Japanese mammals - also known as tanukis - dug out of the pen in Big Lane, Clarborough, at about 06:00 BST on Tuesday. | It is believed the Japanese mammals - also known as tanukis - dug out of the pen in Big Lane, Clarborough, at about 06:00 BST on Tuesday. |
| One was photographed a short time later at a nearby farm and is reported to have attacked a goat. | One was photographed a short time later at a nearby farm and is reported to have attacked a goat. |
| Nottinghamshire Police urged the public not to approach the animals as they are "potentially dangerous" and not domesticated. | Nottinghamshire Police urged the public not to approach the animals as they are "potentially dangerous" and not domesticated. |
| Mandy Marsh, 53, told the Independent their pet goat and pony were attacked by one of the animals. | Mandy Marsh, 53, told the Independent their pet goat and pony were attacked by one of the animals. |
| "I heard such a terrifying noise like I had never heard before," she said. | |
| "It was screaming. We ran out and this animal - we now know it's a raccoon dog - was trying to attack our goat. | |
| "The raccoon dog was trying to kill it. It was absolutely crazy. It was hissing and screaming and snarling. It was going absolutely mad." | "The raccoon dog was trying to kill it. It was absolutely crazy. It was hissing and screaming and snarling. It was going absolutely mad." |
| Ms Marsh said she and her husband shooed the animal away with "great big pieces of wood" before it returned and cornered a dog walker who got away. | Ms Marsh said she and her husband shooed the animal away with "great big pieces of wood" before it returned and cornered a dog walker who got away. |
| The owner of the raccoon dogs said the animals were "less dangerous than a fox" and every effort was being made to find them. | The owner of the raccoon dogs said the animals were "less dangerous than a fox" and every effort was being made to find them. |
| Anyone who spots the dogs is advised to call 999. | Anyone who spots the dogs is advised to call 999. |
| Raccoon dogs | Raccoon dogs |
| Source: RSPCA | Source: RSPCA |
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