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.
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