Event highlights sage grouse, black-footed ferrets – KCAU
Event highlights sage grouse, black-footed ferrets KCAU RAPID CITY, SD (AP) - Presentations in Rapid City on black-footed ferrets and sage grouse are highlighting the 6th Annual Endangered Species Day celebration on Friday evening. The Rapid City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/JPwqWo) that the event at the ... and more » |
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Friday, May 18, 2012
Categories: Ferret News
Tags: black footed ferrets, City, Event, Rapid City, rapid city journal
Rare black-footed ferret moves to town
Lawrence is a new home for a black-footed ferret named Harlem. This may not sound surprising at first, since ferrets are a common domestic animal, but Harlem is a descendant of one of the 18 survivors of the endangered species. Most domestic ferrets originated in Europe and Asia, but black-footed ferrets are native to North America. In the 1950’s, this species was believed to be extinct, until a ...
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Categories: Ferret News
Tags: black footed ferret, black footed ferrets
Black-footed ferrets released in Uintah County – KSL-TV
 KSL-TV | Black-footed ferrets released in Uintah County KSL-TV The 37 black-footed ferrets inside the carriers — almost all of them juveniles, known as "kits" — had traveled nearly 340 miles to reach the spot where Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists had decided to set them free. ... and more » |
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011
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Tags: black footed ferrets, utah division of wildlife resources
Will Black-Footed Ferrets In South Dakota Survive Plague? – SmallAnimalChannel.com
 SmallAnimalChannel.com | Will Black-Footed Ferrets In South Dakota Survive Plague? SmallAnimalChannel.com One of the largest populations of endangered black-footed ferrets is being threatened by sylvatic plague. Black-footed ferrets were on the verge of extinction, but plague is now threatening the population of one of the most successful re-introduction ... |
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011
Categories: Ferret News
Tags: black footed ferrets, comone, SmallAnimalChannel, South Dakota
Happy anniversary to Arizona’s black-footed ferrets – Ahwatukee Foothills News
Happy anniversary to Arizona's black-footed ferrets Ahwatukee Foothills News Arizona's endangered black-footed ferret population is celebrating a triple anniversary: The 30th anniversary of the discovery of the last black-footed ferrets, a species that was thought to be extinct; the 20th anniversary of the Phoenix Zoo's ... |
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Categories: Ferret News
Tags: anniversary, Arizona, black footed ferrets, Phoenix, phoenix zoo
Black-footed ferrets still struggle to gain foothold in Montana – Billings Gazette
Black-footed ferrets still struggle to gain foothold in Montana Billings Gazette Although black-footed ferret prey on prairie dogs, they are also preyed upon by coyotes, owls, eagles, falcons, foxes and bobcats. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has a target of 1500 breeding adults in 10 successful populations for downlisting ... and more » |
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Monday, October 3, 2011
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Tags: black footed ferrets, Black-footed, fish and wildlife service, US
Zoo helps restore nearly extinct ferret in West – Kansas City Star
 Kansas City Star | Zoo helps restore nearly extinct ferret in West Kansas City Star AP WASHINGTON | Animal keepers at the National Zoo's conservation center in Virginia sent 26 black-footed ferrets to “boot camp” last week to prepare the critters for life in the wild as part of an ongoing effort that has fueled the ... and more » |
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Categories: Ferret News
Tags: animal keepers, black footed ferrets, Kansas City, StarZoo, Virginia, Washington, WestKansas City
Officials, zoo mark 20 years of bringing endangered ferret back from brink – Cronkite News
Officials, zoo mark 20 years of bringing endangered ferret back from brink Cronkite News PHOENIX _ Over the past 20 years the Phoenix Zoo has bred hundreds of black-footed ferrets, helping to revive an endangered species that was once thought to be extinct. State, tribal and federal agencies and the zoo celebrated that ... |
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Monday, September 26, 2011
Categories: Ferret News
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Phoenix Zoo helping endangered ferrets
SHAUN McKINNON The Arizona Republic PHOENIX In a spacious, well-lit room along a back trail at the Phoenix Zoo, rows of wooden and wire cages house 31 black-footed ferrets. That's 31 more ferrets than the estimated population of the entire species in the wild three decades ago. These ferrets are not on display with other native Arizona wildlife. They are kept in the zoo's new ferret conservation ...
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Friday, September 23, 2011
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Tags: Arizona, black footed ferrets, Phoenix, SHAUN McKINNON, Zoo
Phoenix Zoo helping endangered ferrets – Arizona Republic
Phoenix Zoo helping endangered ferrets Arizona Republic 19, 2011 12:00 AM In a spacious, well-lit room along a back trail at the Phoenix Zoo, rows of wooden and wire cages house 31 black-footed ferrets. That's 31 more ferrets than the estimated population of the entire species in the wild three decades ago. ... |
Posted by babyferret copy Date: Sunday, September 18, 2011
Categories: Ferret News
Tags: black footed ferrets, Phoenix, phoenix zoo, Zoo
