Black-footed Ferrets Return to Kansas!

From Defenders of Wildlife:

Good news! Larry and Bette Haverfield and other heroic ranchers finally won a long fight to bring endangered black-footed ferrets back to the Kansas prairie.

After receiving more than 16,000 messages from Defenders supporters, U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials released 24 black-footed ferret kits on the Haverfields's private land on December 18th.

Add that to good news about recovery of the population in Shirley Basin, Wyoming,¹ and the prospects for the black-footed ferret look better than they have in a long time.

¹The Shirley Basin population had only five individuals in 1997. There were more than 200 in 2006.