This is an example of a raccoon dog, which can roam in the wild and be "unpredictable", according to NRW A search is under way for an "unpredictable" raccoon dog which is on the loose in north Wales.

In 2020, another raccoon dog was spotted in Carmarthenshire, Wales but was then captured and ‘humanely destroyed’. Seeing a raccoon dog in the wild in Wales is considered extremely rare.