Raccoon Dog Pups
Raccoon Dog pups are born blind with a very soft wool and no guard hairs. After about ten days, they start to grow the darker guard hairs. As the puppies get older, these guard hairs then get lighter and lighter while the hair around the eyes is the only hair that remains dark giving them “raccoon eyes”.
The father of puppies usually sticks around with his “spouse” and helps with the puppies. Females give birth after two months and it takes the newborns about 10 months to mature. Usually, about 6 pups are born at once.
These are so so so cute!! It is so heartbreaking what is happening to them in China. Skinning an animal alive for the selfish need of “cute” shoes that are only really knock off brands is inhuman but more than that, monstrous. Shame on them!