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The public have been warned to look out for two escaped raccoon dogs.

It is believed the Japanese mammals - also known as tanukis - dug out of a enclosure in Big Lane, Clarborough, at about 06:00 BST on Tuesday.

One was photographed a short time later at a nearby farm and is reported to have attacked a goat.

Nottinghamshire Police warned the animals "are potentially dangerous if approached" as they are not domesticated.

The owner said the animals were "less dangerous than a fox" and every effort was being made to find them.

Anyone who spots the dogs is advised to call 999.

Raccoon dogs

• Native to the forests of eastern Siberia, northern China, north Vietnam, Korea and Japan
• Now widespread in some European countries due to escapes
• Omnivores that feed on insects, rodents, amphibians, birds, fish, molluscs and carrion
• The RSPCA "strongly" discourages people from keeping them as pets
• "Extremely smelly", the charity says, as they use a scent to communicate

Source: RSPCA

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