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Jan 10, 2021 · Documents scientific observations and experiments concerning the black-footed ferret, a species once thought to be extinct1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2...
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Sep 10, 2018 · The black-footed ferret diet is 90% prairie dog. In fact, a single ferret can eat over 100 prairie dogs in a year! The near-eradication of prairie dogs almost wiped out the ferrets. Then, in 1981, a rancher’s dog in Wyoming brought home a ferret it had killed. This led to the discovery of a small number of black-footed ferrets nearby.
- There are only three ferret species on Earth: the European polecat, the Siberian polecat, and the black-footed ferret. The black-footed ferret is the only ferret species native to North America.
- Black-footed ferrets are long, slender animals, enabling them to easily move through prairie dog burrows. They weigh between 1.5 and 2.5 pounds and can grow up to 24 inches long.
- Prairie dogs make up over 90 percent of the black-footed ferret’s diet. WWF protects prairie dog populations from lethal sylvatic plague outbreaks by eliminating fleas that carry the plague bacterium and testing a newly developed oral bait vaccine for prairie dogs.
- The average life span of a ferret in the wild is 1-3 years, and 4-6 years for ferrets in captivity. WWF leads recovery efforts by working alongside other conservation organizations, federal and state agencies, tribes and landowners to create the conditions necessary to see black-footed ferrets reach sustainable levels.
Sep 24, 2021 · Black-footed ferrets, North America’s only native ferret species, were thought to have gone extinct in 1979. On Sept. 26, 1981, a black-footed ferret was discovered on the Wyoming prairie. From that unlikely occurrence, an entire species began its comeback — one of the most remarkable conservation stories on Earth.
Putorius nigripes Audubon and Bachman, 1851. The black-footed ferret ( Mustela nigripes ), also known as the American polecat [4] or prairie dog hunter, [5] is a species of mustelid native to central North America. The black-footed ferret is roughly the size of a mink and is similar in appearance to the European polecat and the Asian steppe ...
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Dec 10, 2023 · John Yang (voice-over): And cryogenic technologies allowing scientists to freeze black-footed ferret DNA in state of the art genome resource banks. In 2020, researchers use the frozen cells of a ...
The Zoo has been a leader in black-footed ferret conservation since a small population was discovered in 1981. The last remaining 18 wild animals were caught between 1985 and 1987 to establish a breeding center in Wyoming. In 1988, the Zoo was the first to receive offspring from those 18 and breed black-footed ferrets outside of Wyoming.
