Worcestershire surprise animal

A 'COON SHOT IN WORCESTER.
Two gentlemen were out in the Woods at Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, a few days ago, when they caught sight of a strange-looking animal, which they shot. It proved to be a female racoon, and the only theory as to its presence in an English county is that it may have escaped from some travelling menagerie.

From the Dundee Courier, May 28th, 1878.