{"id":175255,"date":"2026-02-11T21:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/175255\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"hitchhiking-raccoon-handed-over-to-wildlife-park-in-brest-region","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/175255\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitchhiking raccoon handed over to wildlife park in Brest region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (State Customs Committee)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

February 11, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The raccoon discovered in a US-imported vehicle a month ago was delivered to a \u201czoo and landscape\u201d park near Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region, on February 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the State Customs Committee\u2019s press office, Sienia the Raccoon has completed its quarantine period and successfully passed a veterinary examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A decision to transfer the animal from the veterinary station in A\u0161miany, Hrodna region, to Dypryz was made by the local office of the Humanitarian Activities Department of the Presidential Administration\u2019s Property Management Directorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 14, customs officers at the Kamienny \u0141oh checkpoint found the raccoon inside a vehicle that had been imported into Belarus from the United States in a container. The officers called \u201cspecialists\u201d to ensure \u201cproper conditions\u201d for animal while it was waiting for transfer to the veterinary station in A\u0161miany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Customs Committee originally said that the animal might be transferred to the Naliboki National Park or the Hrodna Zoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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