Source: People's Daily - Anhui Channel
Mention the idiom "a hill of raccoons" must be known, but when it comes to what this animal looks like, many people may not have seen it. On October 31, the police of the Shou County Public Security Bureau and the enthusiastic villagers successfully rescued such a raccoon.
At about 10:00 a.m. on the same day, the police of the Yaokou Police Station of the Shou County Public Security Bureau received a report from the masses that an injured small animal had been found in the field and requested the public security organs to go and deal with it.
Injured raccoon. Photo courtesy of Shou County Public Security Bureau
After receiving the police, the police on duty quickly rushed to the scene, and found a small animal at the scene that "the fox is not like a fox, and the dog is not like a dog", with a pointed mouth, round eyes, and a plush body, which everyone has never seen before. The back of the small animal was torn in multiple places, the wound was bright red, oozing with a small amount of blood, and the lower limbs were dragged to the ground and could not stand upright, and the cause of the injury was unknown.
The forest public security police who arrived later determined that the zoological name was "raccoon", "raccoon of a hill" said that it was, also known as "dog badger", is a very ancient animal of the canine family, looking like a fox, belonging to the national second-level protected animals. It is usually hidden in the cave during the day and will come out at night, so people rarely see it.
At present, the Shouxian Forest Public Security Police has safely sent this "raccoon" to Longhu Park in Huainan City for professional treatment and disposal.
In recent years, the Shouxian Public Security Bureau has continued to increase the publicity and protection of wild animals, the public's legal awareness and protection awareness have been continuously enhanced, and the living environment of wild animals has been improved. Since the beginning of this year, the Shouxian Public Security Bureau has rescued more than 70 national first- and second-class wild animals, including "Eastern White Storks", "Kestrels", "Red Horned Owls", etc., through the patrol of the people's police and the clues reported by the masses, and seized 16 national second-level "macaws" and "green-cheeked cone-tailed parrots".
Shouxian police especially remind the masses: "In the future daily production and life, if you find all kinds of injured, trapped and other wild animals, please call the police in time, we will rush to the scene for rescue as soon as possible." (Li Junze)