A big family in UK is a big fan for raccoons. There are in total 24 family members in the family, 2 adults, 2 children and 20 raccoons.
Michelle and Sean Rhodes the parents of the family are so besotted with their 'gaze' of raccoons that they regard them like their children, and spend £3,000 a year on their upkeep.
The family even forgo holidays because they think no one can be trusted to look after the animals, meanwhile the lovely creatures also feel left out unless they are allowed to tag along.
After Michelle bought the first raccoon on the internet pet shop, the whole family are fall in love with raccoons. Then they keep on buy more and raise more raccoons which share three bedrooms.
Mrs Rhodes, 39, who does not work in order to care for the animals, and her husband, a business consultant, have dedicated the last four years to raising the creatures who now have the run of their three bedroom terraced house in Portsmouth.
Four years on life, has been totally transformed with every household task being carried out with a raccoon either helping or hindering.
'Raccoons are my life,' Mrs Rhodes added. 'They are totally part of my family - my husband and kids love them to bits. But they are very clever and quite naughty when they put their minds to it.
While 20 raccoons might seem a few too many for most, the Rhodes family is expanding. Five youngsters were bred this year and are being hand-raised after they were rejected by their mothers.
Raccoons are native to north America where they live in forests as well as cities. They are so adaptable that since they were introduced to Russia in the 1930's their population has spread across Asia into Europe. They have been spotted in the wild as far west as Denmark.
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