Rare Ringtail Cat Rescued in Jefferson County
Animal control officers in Jefferson County recently helped rescue a critter that s native-to, but rarely seen in Colorado a ringtail cat.
Ringtail cats are nocturnal, so it s unusual to see them in the daytime at all, but this one had made it s way into an Evergreen home, where it then got stuck up in the rafters inside the boiler room.
Within an hour of setting a trap, animal control officers were able to safely get a hold of the ringtail, and carefully release it into the nearby woods.
Also known as miner s cats, these agile animals were once kept as pets by settlers, because they helped to keep mice out of their cabins. However, rather than cats, they are actually more closely related to raccoons.