The rakunks had begun as an after-hours hobby on the part of the OrganInc biolab hotspots. (...)
(...)"No smell to it, not like a
skunk," said Jimmy's
father. "It's a clean animal, with a nice disposition. Placid. Racoons never made good pets once they grown up, they got crabby, they'd tear your houses to pieces. This thing is supposed to be calmer."
(
M.Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Virago Press 2004, p.57-8)