Rabies -- United States
[1] Rhode Island
Date: Wed 6 Jul 2016
From: Sukie Crandall
Sounds very much like another case of someone mistaking a wild mink for a ferret. I got called for a ferret rescue once that was a local wild mink in a window well. Everyone made out fine that time, though.
That is a rather common mistake to encounter. If the animal is black with a small white throat patch then it is most often a wild mink. Domestic ferrets can be bred to be very dark, but usually are not and even then,
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