Raccoon dogs

Raccoon dogs (Polish: jenot, Japanese: tanuki 狸) belong to the dog family. In Poland they are an invasive species, brought in to be farmed for fur.

Although they are canids, raccoon dogs need different care from the average dog. Their diet consists mainly of meat with plenty of cartilage and small bones. They also eat eggs, fruit and vegetables. They live in burrows and are the only canids that… hibernate!

Raccoon dogs

Eddi and Joko

neutered male
spayed female

Eddi came to the shelter in Musuły in a bad state - he had been hit by a car, and his small, emaciated body was covered in bite wounds and wounds from shotgun pellets. He had most likely escaped from a fur farm, and it was only thanks to the road accident that he found a refuge and survived.

Eddi is still very wary to this day. He doesn’t like direct interaction with people and only pokes his nose out at feeding time.

Joko was rescued from a fur farm when she was young and ended up in a mini zoo. The owners soon found out, however, that a raccoon dog is not a little dog but a wild animal. Joko set her boundaries by biting and growling, which effectively scared off the zoo visitors’ children. Like Eddi, she found a refuge in Musuły.

Joko is brave, possessive of Eddi and very territorial. She likes having her back stroked, but only when she feels like it.

- Ves

Favourite chew toy: Ves’s calves, when she gets too close to the den

Favourite treat: turkey necks

Best scratching spot: only strokes!

Joko

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I want to adopt the raccoon dogs Eddi and Joko

We need 600 zł a month to survive

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Everyone who decides to give monthly becomes the animal’s official adoptive parent and receives:

  • A digital Adoption Certificate*
  • Regular updates about their animal
  • An invitation to the Ktosiowo Parents’ Get-together
  • The animal’s love and gratitude

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