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Black-Footed Ferret Babies Are Born To A Cloned Mother Marking A Major Advancement In The Science Of Animal Conservation
The Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute began a breeding program, but given the number of these ...
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Black-Footed Ferret
The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...
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New Century Environmental makes discovery of potential relict black-footed ferret colony
The black-footed ferret is listed under the Endangered Species Act as Endangered, and is considered the rarest mammal in ...
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Conservationists raise alarm about endangered black-footed ferret
The black-footed ferret is hard to find. That wasn’t always the case. The species is endemic to North America, and in the ...
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SAVING THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET
Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending this species from threats like ...