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Mink Nursed Back To Health At Lindsay Wildlife Experience
The American mink found behind a local police department was recently released back to the wild.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA — Antioch Animal Services said on its Facebook page Thursday an American mink was found "a few weeks ago" behind the Antioch Police Department, "lethargic, unwell and out of sorts."
An animal control officer bundled up the semiaquatic relative of otters and ferrets and took it to the hospital at Walnut Creek's Lindsay Wildlife Experience, where it was treated and recently returned to the wild.
Animal services officials said minks live in the nearby Delta.
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"The neighboring Corteva Wetlands Preserve is home to an abundance of wild animals and is a stone's throw from our shelter," the agency said.
They said minks, river otters and sea lions are spotted in the area. Minks are carnivorous and are farmed for their fur.
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