Neither a burrower nor an offender: the raccoon dog is thriving

Raccoon dogs on the rise in the Netherlands

Raccoon dogs are flourishing in the Netherlands, with the population here rising rapidly. The predator is an invasive exotic species, but biologists don’t think it’ll cause much trouble in the Dutch landscape. Unlike the animals they were named after, raccoons, which are also on the rise, NU.nl reports.

Neither a burrower nor an offender: the raccoon dog is thriving

The number of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in the Netherlands is rising rapidly, particularly in the five northeastern provinces, mammal...