We caught her in a trap and were able to verify that she was not chipped and was a young of the year.

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Every ferret released in Colorado has two chips that allow us to know where they were raised and released. The discovery of a ferret without a chip confirms that the ferret was born in the wild.

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Releasing ferrets is one thing, but getting the population to produce young is the first critical step in creating a self-sustaining black footed ferret population.

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