OK...so I love ferrets.....
About 30 years ago, the black-footed ferret was declared extinct.
Researchers rediscovered the black-footed ferret in 1981 and collected the last 24 in Wyoming to try to save them. Now 1,000 are again living in the wild. Black-footed ferrets are the only ferret native to North America. At least a half million used to live on the Great Plains. Prairie dogs are their main food source. But development, disease and extermination of prairie dogs starved the ferrets.
The black-footed ferret now is one of the most successful examples of species reintroduction anywhere, with wild populations thriving from Canada to Mexico.
Click HERE to see the Slideshow
About 30 years ago, the black-footed ferret was declared extinct.
Researchers rediscovered the black-footed ferret in 1981 and collected the last 24 in Wyoming to try to save them. Now 1,000 are again living in the wild. Black-footed ferrets are the only ferret native to North America. At least a half million used to live on the Great Plains. Prairie dogs are their main food source. But development, disease and extermination of prairie dogs starved the ferrets.
The black-footed ferret now is one of the most successful examples of species reintroduction anywhere, with wild populations thriving from Canada to Mexico.
Click HERE to see the Slideshow
