{"id":8696636,"date":"2023-01-07T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/?p=8696636"},"modified":"2023-01-08T06:32:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T14:32:32","slug":"around-east-county-mink-found-at-shelter-mistaken-at-first-for-a-ferret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/07\/around-east-county-mink-found-at-shelter-mistaken-at-first-for-a-ferret\/","title":{"rendered":"Around East County: Mink found at shelter mistaken at first for a ferret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a volunteer from Antioch Animal Services came into their building and said she saw what appeared to be a sick domesticated ferret on the ground outside in the parking lot, staffers quickly went into action to investigate and corral the little guy to help him.<\/p>\n<p><aside class=\"related left\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"8690963,8683848,8677289\" data-relation-type=\"curated\">Related Articles<\/h2><ul><li>\n\n<div class=\"entry-section\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/local-news\/\">Local News | <\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2022\/12\/17\/around-east-county-bethel-islands-frozen-bun-run-is-back-after-hiatus\/\" title=\"Around East County: Bethel Island&#8217;s Frozen Bun Run is back after hiatus\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tAround East County: Bethel Island&#8217;s Frozen Bun Run is back after hiatus\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\n<div class=\"entry-section\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/local-news\/\">Local News | <\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2022\/12\/10\/around-east-county-brentwood-hanukkah-festival-set-for-dec-18\/\" title=\"Around East County: Brentwood Hanukkah festival set for Dec. 18\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tAround East County: Brentwood Hanukkah festival set for Dec. 18\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\n<div class=\"entry-section\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/local-news\/\">Local News | <\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2022\/12\/02\/around-east-county-beloved-show-humbug-returning-after-three-years\/\" title=\"Around East County: Beloved show &#8216;Humbug!&#8217; returning after three years\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tAround East County: Beloved show &#8216;Humbug!&#8217; returning after three years\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><\/ul><\/aside>As it turned out, however, what they found in the parking lot wasn\u2019t one of the playful, mischievous brown-pelted animals but instead one of their wild distant cousins called a mink.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, we did think it was a ferret,\u201d said Melissa Ethridge from Antioch Animal Services. \u201cWe kept him warm and comfortable overnight until another volunteer came in and said they thought it was a mink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that minks and ferrets do really look quite alike. They&#8217;re both from the mustelid family, along with polecats, weasels, badgers, otters, martens and stoats. Many of these mustelid species can be found in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region, but most are rarely seen.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most common of the mustelid family familiar to East Contra Costa County residents is the river otter. Ferrets are the only domestic species in the family and are generally lighter brown in coloration. Although the body shape is very similar, mink are likely to have slightly longer tails than ferrets, and their fur is typically sleeker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMink also have a little white on their chin,\u201d Ethridge said. \u201cAnd it is important to note that mink are a little more aggressive than their playful cousins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While you probably won\u2019t usually see mink hanging out downtown, the one at Antioch Animal Services (AAS) didn\u2019t wander very far from its general habitat, said Miriam Klingler. Klingler is an East Bay Regional Park District naturalist who works at Oakley&#8217;s Big Break Regional Shoreline, where mink have been seen many times over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mink could have gotten lost while hunting for food,\u201d Klingler said. \u201cMink hunt on land and in water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the little critters are very territorial and that the one at AAS may have shied away from another\u2019s territory while out looking for mice and rats. Mink also eat shrimp and other shellfish. Generally just 20 to 30 inches long, mink have even been known to eat other mink or other members of the mustelid family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are opportunity eaters,\u201d Klingler said.<\/p>\n<p>Klingler also said East County has a lot of competition for food for small shoreline animals such as mink. Along the East County shoreline, it isn\u2019t uncommon to find otters, badgers, beavers, raptors and even coyotes \u2014 all part of the same food chain as the mink.<\/p>\n<p>One other difference between mink and the rest of the mustelids is that mink are often raised on farms and are legal to hunt in California for their fur. However, there are many restrictions for hunting the small animal in the Delta region. As far as Klingler knows, there are no mink farms in Contra Costa County.<\/p>\n<p>As with all wild animals that eat mice and rats, mink are susceptible to poisons used to kill critters that they hunt, and Klingler asks that people not use poisons whenever possible. As for the little mink found in the AAS parking area, he was transported to Lindsey Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek as soon as his biological identity was ferreted out.<\/p>\n<p>Ethridge said the people at Lindsey even needed a few minutes to ensure they had the mink correctly identified before treating him. They later released him back into the wild in the wetlands area behind the Antioch Marina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very special being there for the release,\u201d Ethridge said. \u201cIt was a very happy ending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Roni Gehlke can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:oakleynow@comcast.net\">oakleynow@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They look similar, but one is the only domesticated species in its family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":844,"featured_media":8708592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"subheadline":"They look similar, but one is the only domesticated species in its family","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[174,10111,10349,161,175,51712],"tags":[350,479,541,424,10896,678],"feature":[],"location":[36,3,37,38,39,40,2,31,44,4,33,48,52,55],"type-of-work":[50053],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"post_status":"","edit_last":0,"edit_lock":0,"highlights":"","original_byline":"","original_canonical":"","original_category":"","original_email":"","original_id":0,"original_pubdate":"","original_source":"","primary_section":"10349","primary_tag":479,"print_workflow_body":{"deck_headline":"Around East County","print_title":"Mink found at animal shelter not to be confused with a ferret","print_subheadline":"They look similar, but one is the only domesticated species in its family","print_priority":"","print_placement":"inside","print_edition_date":"","print_pub_date":"","print_slug":"BRN-L-AROUNDEC-COL-0113","print_content":"<p>When a volunteer from Antioch Animal Services came into their building and said she saw what appeared to be a sick domesticated ferret on the ground outside in the parking lot, staffers quickly went into action to investigate and corral the little guy to help him.<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, however, what they found in the parking lot wasn\u2019t one of the playful, mischievous brown-pelted animals but instead one of their wild distant cousins called a mink.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, we did think it was a ferret,\u201d said Melissa Ethridge from Antioch Animal Services. \u201cWe kept him warm and comfortable overnight until another volunteer came in and said they thought it was a mink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that minks and ferrets do really look quite alike. They're both from the mustelid family, along with polecats, weasels, badgers, otters, martens and stoats. Many of these mustelid species can be found in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region, but most are rarely seen.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most common of the mustelid family familiar to East Contra Costa County residents is the river otter. Ferrets are the only domestic species in the family and are generally lighter brown in coloration. Although the body shape is very similar, mink are likely to have slightly longer tails than ferrets, and their fur is typically sleeker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMink also have a little white on their chin,\u201d Ethridge said. \u201cAnd it is important to note that mink are a little more aggressive than their playful cousins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While you probably won\u2019t usually see mink hanging out downtown, the one at Antioch Animal Services (AAS) didn\u2019t wander very far from its general habitat, said Miriam Klingler. Klingler is an East Bay Regional Park District naturalist who works at Oakley's Big Break Regional Shoreline, where mink have been seen many times over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mink could have gotten lost while hunting for food,\u201d Klingler said. \u201cMink hunt on land and in water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the little critters are very territorial and that the one at AAS may have shied away from another\u2019s territory while out looking for mice and rats. Mink also eat shrimp and other shellfish. Generally just 20 to 30 inches long, mink have even been known to eat other mink or other members of the mustelid family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are opportunity eaters,\u201d Klingler said.<\/p>\n<p>Klingler also said East County has a lot of competition for food for small shoreline animals such as mink. Along the East County shoreline, it isn\u2019t uncommon to find otters, badgers, beavers, raptors and even coyotes \u2014 all part of the same food chain as the mink.<\/p>\n<p>One other difference between mink and the rest of the mustelids is that mink are often raised on farms and are legal to hunt in California for their fur. However, there are many restrictions for hunting the small animal in the Delta region. As far as Klingler knows, there are no mink farms in Contra Costa County.<\/p>\n<p>As with all wild animals that eat mice and rats, mink are susceptible to poisons used to kill critters that they hunt, and Klingler asks that people not use poisons whenever possible. As for the little mink found in the AAS parking area, he was transported to Lindsey Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek as soon as his biological identity was ferreted out.<\/p>\n<p>Ethridge said the people at Lindsey even needed a few minutes to ensure they had the mink correctly identified before treating him. 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