Unsuspecting Colorado homeowner finds 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret, the 'rarest 哺乳動物 in North America,' scampering around their garage

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An unsuspecting homeowner in Colorado つまずくd upon an 極端に 不十分な 発見 from the 慰安 of their own home ? a 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret scurrying about their garage.

The ferret, considered the 'rarest 哺乳動物 in North America,' was 設立する in an 無名の homeowner's garage late on Monday in Pueblo West, Colorado, about two hours outside Denver, によれば a 声明 from Colorado Parks and 野性生物.

It's 不明瞭な how the ferret got into the garage or why it left the 植民地 but the homeowner was able to 安全に get the animal into a box while waiting for 公式の／役人s to 救助（する） it and return it to 安全に to the land.

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The home is 近づく Walker Ranch where the 政府 機関 has 解放（する）d 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferrets on a prairie dog 植民地 in a 自然保護 成果／努力 to 回復する the 哺乳動物's 全住民 in North America.?

An unsuspecting Colorado homeowner 設立する a 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret scurrying in their garage

The 危うくするd ferret is the rarest 哺乳動物 in North America and was 設立する late on Monday in Pueblo West

'We don't know 正確に／まさに why this 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret left the 植民地,' said Ed Schmal, CPW 自然保護 biologist, in a 声明.?

'We put them into prairie dog burrows but they may not stay. いつかs they 緊急発進する around the 植民地 to find the 権利 home.?

'This one might have gotten 押し進めるd out by other ferrets and it went looking for a new home. We really don't know.'

Schmal 追加するd that CPW has only received one other 報告（する）／憶測 of a 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret leaving the ranch, but this is the first time they have heard of a ferret going into a garage.?

'This is 極端に rare,' Schmal continued. 'B 欠如（する）-footed ferrets are nocturnal and 極端に shy.?

It's 不明瞭な how the ferret got into the garage, 位置を示すd 近づく Walker Ranch where 専門家s have 解放（する）d the 哺乳動物s in the past

'For some 推論する／理由, this one left the 植民地 and was 捜し出すing 避難所. We're just glad it appeared healthy, not 餓死するing or sick, and we were able to 逮捕（する） it and return it to the 植民地.'?

Since 2013, more than 120 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferrets have been 解放（する）d on the ranch, CPW said in the 声明.

In 新規加入, they have 監視するd the 植民地s and 分配するd ワクチンs in hopes of 保護するing both the ferrets and prairie dogs, their 最初の／主要な source of food and 避難所.

結局, the 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret was brought 支援する to the ranch and re-解放（する）d into the 植民地?

Two weeks ago, nine ferrets were 解放（する）d on a 1,600 acre prairie dog 植民地 近づく the ranch, the first time reintroduction 成果／努力s 再開するd since the COVID-19 pandemic.

This was done to help 公式の／役人s 保護する the 危うくするd 哺乳動物 from the ウイルス.

The 公式の／役人s scanned the ferret's microchip and 決定するd it was one of the nine that were 解放（する）d on the ranch a few weeks ago.

Upon its return to the 植民地, the 危うくするd ferret quickly zoomed off into a prairie dog burrow

結局, the ferret was brought 支援する to the ranch at night and re-解放（する）d into the 植民地, where it quickly zoomed off into a prairie dog burrow, which they use?for 避難所.?

In 2015, scientists used frozen sperm from a ferret known as 'Scarface' in an 成果／努力 to help keep the 種類 alive.?

A year later, 35 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferrets were 再提出するd in Wyoming by biologists after a 地元の dog 設立する the last remaining 全住民.?

Earlier this year, a 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret known a Elizabeth Ann became the first 危うくするd 種類 to be cloned in the U.S.?

A Wyoming rancher discovered a small 全住民 of ferrets on his ranch in 1981, and animals from this group ― 含むing Willa ― were used to start a 産む／飼育するing program.

In 1988, Tissue 見本s from Willa were sent to San Diego Zoo's Frozen Zoo, which 持続するs a 'catalog' of genetic 構成要素 from over a thousand 危うくするd 種類.

That enabled scientists to 結局 clone Elizabeth Ann.

Conservationists have fought valiantly to 保存する the 批判的に 危うくするd animal for １０年間s: the 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret was 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d as 危うくするd in 1967 and considered extinct in the wild in 1979.??

There are now thought to be 400 or 500 in the wild, with numbers rising 徐々に thanks to 自然保護 成果／努力s by zoos, 野性生物 organizations and Native American tribes.??

The 種類 is still 脅すd by habitat loss a 減少（する） in the number of prairie dogs, their 長，指導者 food source, 原因（となる）d by a bact erial 感染 known as sylvatic 疫病／悩ます.

WHY IS THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET AT RISK?

黒人／ボイコット-footed ferret 全住民s have 厳しく dwindled in the last century, as illustrated above

によれば the US 地質学の 調査する , 黒人／ボイコット-footed ferrets once 栄えるd across 中央の-continent North America, from souther n Canada to northern Mexico.

Over the last century, their numbers have dwindled, 原因（となる）ing them to be 推定するd extinct on more than one occasion.

Their last known 範囲 has now been 限られた／立憲的な to a small 地域 in Wyoming.

Conservationists have worked hard to 再提出する these 全住民s into the wild, spanning the US, Mexico, and Canada, but the 突発／発生s of sylvatic 疫病／悩ます 脅す their 生き残り.

This flea-borne 疫病／悩ます has wiped out more than 95 パーセント of the prairie dog 全住民, which ferrets rely on for food and for 避難所 in their burrows.

黒人／ボイコット-footed ferrets once 栄えるd across 中央の-continent North America, from southern Canada to northern Mexico