"Raccoon dogs are wild animals and from a welfare point of view they range over large distances, live in groups and have complex needs and are therefore not suited to life in captivity.

As per the UK’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, raccoon dogs need a large home range and hence do not do well in small domesticated enclosures. Additionally, raccoon dogs ...

Researchers Garamszegi and Kolm have found that domestication isn't the sole factor in reducing brain size in canids. By ...

A recent study, published in Biology Letters, challenges the long-held notion that domestication is the primary driver of ...

A recent study by László Zsolt Garamszegi from the Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary, ...

The common raccoon dog has long been an animal that lived in peace, with many Brits unaware of the species. In recent times, some have said that they've spotted sightings of the non-native species ...

The deadly Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in raccoon dogs from the Wuhan market in China, according to an international team of virus experts. More than two years after the pandemic ...

Newly released genetic data from the wet market near where scientists discovered the first human cases of COVID-19 has shown raccoon-dog DNA blended with the virus. According to The Atlantic ...

The term “lab leak” has actually been used to describe a whole range of scenarios ... Another animal with a raccoon-like face, the raccoon dog has long hair and is related to dogs and foxes.

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A raccoon that had an encounter with a dog in Friendsville recently tested positive for rabies — the third laboratory-confirmed case in Garrett County this year, Environmental Health ...

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