Orphaned Rodent Rescued By Couple Now Thinks It’s A Dog

Another week, and yet another unlikely animal friendship that could’ve come straight from a Disney movie.

This time around, it’s Pumpkin the raccoon - who was rescued by dog lovers Rosie and William Kemp after suffering a broken leg when she fell out of a tree in Nassau, Bahamas.

The couple decided to take her after Pumpkin’s mother failed to return for the fallen animal.

Since then, she’s forged an unlikely friendship with the couple’s dogs - and is even said to believe that she’s one of them.

Speaking to thedodo.com, Rosie described raising Pumpkin as a ‘full time job’.

‘She instantly bonded with us and our two rescue dogs and follows me and our two dogs everywhere we go’, Rosie said.

‘She now thinks she is a dog. She is able to play and be rough with them and she respects them when they have had enough.’

It’s currently illegal to own a raccoon as a pet in some American states - but not in the Bahamas, meaning that Pumpkin can now live out the very definition of a dog’s life.

Woof!

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