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Authors
Juozaitytė-Ngugu, Evelina
Maziliauskaitė, Evelina
Vaitkevičiūtė-Koklevičienė, Rasa
Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Živilė
Servienė, Elena
Butkauskas, Dalius
Prakas, Petras
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON), called Teaming for Excellence (No. 101059985, No. 10-042-P-0002.)
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Article History
Received: 29 September 2025
Accepted: 28 January 2026
First Online: 20 February 2026
Declarations
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: The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania enacted the Law on Hunting (No. IX-966, dated June 20, 2002), which permits the year-round hunting of raccoons in Lithuania. Ethical approval and additional permits were not required, as the animals were obtained in accordance with local legislation and institutional guidelines. The raccoons had been legally hunted and were collected in collaboration with the Kaunas Tadas Ivanauskas Zoology Museum, the Lithuanian national authority responsible for the handling of deceased animals. No raccoons were killed specifically for the purposes of this study.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
