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Have you ever wondered what it would like if a raccoon and a dog were mixed? Well you might want to take a trip to Seoul, Korea, where they have — wait for it — raccoon dogs! Have you ever ...
A raccoon killed by a family dog in the backyard of a Barrington home has tested positive for rabies, officials announced ...
A new study points to raccoon dogs sold in the market as the likely source of the spillover of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from animals to humans. Remember the raccoon dog?
Three people and two dogs in Barrington were possibly exposed to rabies after one of the pets killed a raccoon in the ...
Remember the raccoon dog? The adorable fox-like critter made headlines in the spring of 2023, when it was implicated in some preliminary research on the source of the virus that causes COVID-19 ...
About Raccoon Dogs Sadly, if you live in North America you won’t be seeing a Raccoon Dog in the wild anytime soon. These little guys are native to Asia, Eurasia, and Europe, not the United States.
With genetic samples from the infamous Wuhan market, a new study makes the case that raccoon dogs are likely the animal that infected humans. Proponents of the lab leak theory are dubious.