The only armadillos I’ve ever seen outside a zoo were roadkill.
First Armadillo I ever saw was south of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma was Road kill. 1970. Now they are clear up into Missouri.
When I was working a contract in Russellville Arkansas there were many armadillos around and low population. I befriended a man who was going to college there for Parks and Recreation. He developed a hobby of catching armadillos and holding them in cages and he would paint all kinds of scenes on them and turn them loose. His name was Kevin Mullins. I nicknamed him Mullinhead. He was good guy. Lost contact with him and have no idea where or what he is now.
The armadillos carry leprosy, I’ve learned since then.