White-nosed Coati, the latest animal to break loose in Raleigh :: WRAL.com

THEIR CHILDREN AT WEST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HAPPILY NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. >> YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT THIS EXOTIC PET ESCAPED FROM HIS OWNER IN RALEIGH IS BACK HOME NOW. HE IS A QUALITY WHITE NOSE OR QUODDY MONDAY FOR THE FIRST COURT. IT ESCAPED FROM ITS OWNER IN THE TRIANGLE. AARON THOMAS TALKED WITH HIS OWNER IN AN INTERVIEW YOU WILL ONLY SEE ON WRAL. >> Reporter: IN NORTH CAROLINA, THERE ARE SOME ANIMALS YOU WOULDN’T EXPECT TO SEE AS ​​A PET LIKE THIS WHITE-NOSED COATI. THESE TWO OTHER PROUD OWNERS OF RYUK. IT PROWNED AND DROP NEAR RALEIGH. >> WHAT ARE WE DOING, WHERE IS IT. WHY IS IT UP. ABSOLUTE PANIC. >> IT WAS FINALLY FOUND IN AN EXOTIC CARE ANIMAL. >> THEY ARE MAINLY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA. >> Reporter: HARRISON FROM NC STATE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE SAYS HE IS ACTIVE AND LOVE TO CLIMB AND IS LEGAL FOR OWN PHOTOS >> TO OWN AN EXOTIC ANIMAL IN NORTH CAROLINA, YOU CAN OWN ANYTHING NOT INDIGENOUS THEREFORE COATI IS NOT INDIGENOUS. >>Reporter: AFTER A VENOMOUS SUPER COBRA ESCAPED FROM A RALLY AREA IN ORANGE COUNTY SUMMER 2021, A PACK OF HYBRID WOLF DOGS ESCAPED FROM THEIR ENCLOSURE. ANIMAL EXPERTS SAY COATIS ARE NOT USED TO BE PETS, BUT THEY INSIST THEY ARE IN GOOD HANDS. >> WE HAVE A LARGE ENCLOSURE WITH ALL KINDS OF GRIP MATERIALS AND WE LET THEM OUT. WE ALSO HAVE A DOG AND THEY GET ON TOGETHER. >> Reporter: ERIC THOMAS, WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH. >>> HE DOESN’T HAVE IT. I WANT — >> I WANT — THE CUTEST THING I SAY IS HIM PLAYING WITH THEIR DOG. — A RELATIONSHIP THERE. >> — YOU WILL FIND TRAN32 AT GREENSBORO ADVENTUROUS ANIMAL SANCTUARY IF YOU WANT TO SEE ONE FOR YOURSELF. >> THEY LOOK WEAK BUT —