DALLAS — A Dallas raccoon whose unusual rescue captured attention online is getting a collectible of her own.
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled a limited-edition bobblehead Tuesday featuring Mayonesa, the raccoon rescued earlier this month after spending several days with a mayonnaise jar stuck over her head.
The Milwaukee-based museum said a portion of sales will benefit Dallas Animal Services, the city department whose officers captured and treated the animal.
The collectible recreates the gray-furred raccoon with a jar covering her bobbling head. Mayonesa is shown in a running position on a grass-textured base bearing her name.
“We’re excited to unveil the first bobblehead of Mayonesa, Dallas’ favorite rascally raccoon,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said.
The bobblehead is available for preorder for $30, with an $8 flat-rate shipping charge per order, according to the museum.
Orders are expected to begin shipping in January. Each bobblehead will be individually numbered, although the museum did not specify how many will be produced.
For every 1,000 Mayonesa bobbleheads sold, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum said it will donate $1,000 to Dallas Animal Services.
The collectible follows a rescue that turned a potentially deadly situation for a wild animal into an unexpected Dallas social media story.
Mayonesa had been spotted around a Dallas neighborhood for several days with the mayonnaise jar stuck on her head as residents and animal officials tried unsuccessfully to catch her.
Dallas Animal Services eventually located the raccoon near an abandoned house Aug. 3. Officers captured her after she climbed down from a tree.
Animal services workers lightly sedated the raccoon before removing the container.
Mayonesa was dehydrated after being unable to properly eat or drink but otherwise appeared to be in good condition following the ordeal.
She was transferred to Texas Metro Wildlife for short-term rehabilitation before an expected return to the wild.
Images and video of the rescue quickly spread online, transforming the raccoon and the Spanish word for mayonnaise that became her nickname into an unlikely local celebrity.
“This bobblehead will be the perfect way for fans of Mayonesa to show off their support for the lovable troublemaker and celebrate her rescue from a sticky situation,” Sklar said.
Her story has now moved from Dallas wildlife rescue to the collectibles market.
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum announced the Mayonesa figure Aug. 18.
The organization, which opened its Milwaukee museum in 2019, produces and sells bobbleheads based on sports figures, mascots, pop culture figures and other subjects.
Mayonesa is not the first raccoon to receive the treatment. The museum previously unveiled a bobblehead featuring Jimothy, a raccoon that gained widespread attention in the Seattle area.
The Dallas version preserves the object at the center of Mayonesa’s brief internet fame: the mayonnaise jar that animal services workers removed from her head.
Beyond creating an unusual keepsake, sales could also provide additional funding for Dallas Animal Services.
The city department operates Dallas’ municipal animal shelter and provides animal-related field and wildlife services.
Mayonesa’s ordeal began with a discarded container that placed a wild animal in danger.
Less than three weeks later, the raccoon that needed rescuing has become the subject of a bobblehead, with part of the proceeds benefiting the agency that helped save her.
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