https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi Black footed ferret en-us 2017-03-09 08:28:06 UTC 2025-10-30 15:52:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159008418 2017-03-09 15:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159008418 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159008862 2017-03-09 15:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159008862 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159009140 The reasons for endangerment are habitat loss and diseases.]]> 2017-03-09 15:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159009140 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159009787 they were once thought to be extinct but there are over 300 in captive breeding facilities. Making them endangered and not extinct]]> 2017-03-09 15:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159009787 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159010293 2017-03-09 15:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159010293 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159011137 Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America and are the only ferret species native to the continent. Their recovery in the wild signifies the health of the grassland ecosystem which they depend on to survive.]]> 2017-03-09 15:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159011137 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159011420 The black-footed ferret is endangered because the main source of its diet, prairie dogs, is in decline due to habitat loss. A black-footed ferret colony needs at least 10,000 acres of prairie dog colonies in order to survive.]]> 2017-03-09 15:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159011420 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159013540 The black-footed ferret has a tan body with black legs and feet, a black tip on the tail and a black mask. The ferret has short legs with large front paws and claws developed for digging. Its large skull and strong jaw and teeth are adapted for eating meat.]]> 2017-03-09 15:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159013540 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159013709 Black-footed ferrets live only on large prairie dog colonies, and these; prairie dog colonies occur only within central and western grasslands and shrublands. Much of the original grassland habitat in North America has been plowed, and very little of these grasslands are protected even today.]]> 2017-03-09 15:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159013709 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159013755 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1988.tb00336.x/full]]> 2017-03-09 15:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159013755 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159014095 Fifteen black-footed ferrets are being released into prairie dog colonies on the Fort Belknap Reservation in September 2015.
A total of 52 ferrets were released in 2013 and 2014.]]> 2017-03-09 15:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159014095 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159015558 Black footed ferrets are members of the weasel family]]> 2017-03-09 15:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159015558 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159015585 2017-03-09 15:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159015585 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016146 Sufficient numbers of prairie dogs were born to allow reintroduction to be attempted after just a few years. In 1991, the first reintroduction of 49 juvenile ferrets was completed. Careful monitoring showed that 12 percent of these ferrets were able to survive the winter. The discovery of two wild-born litters was a particularly good sign. A second group of 90 captive-bred ferrets was released in 1992.]]> 2017-03-09 15:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016146 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016178 Black-footed ferrets once numbered in the tens of thousands, but were brought to the brink of extinction by the 1960s. ]]> 2017-03-09 15:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016178 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016447 Predators of black-footed ferrets include golden eagles, great horned owls, coyotes, American badgers, bobcats, prairie falcons, ferruginous hawks, and prairie rattlesnakes.]]> 2017-03-09 15:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016447 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016752 http://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_w7000_0013_black_footed_ferret.pdf]]> 2017-03-09 15:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016752 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016991 Oil and natural gas exploration and extraction can have detrimental impacts on prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets.]]> 2017-03-09 15:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159016991 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159023783  For the last thirty years, concerted efforts from many state and federal agencies, zoos, Native American tribes, conservation organizations and private landowners have given black-footed ferrets a second chance for survival.]]> 2017-03-09 16:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159023783 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159024232 In order to save the species, black-footed ferrets were removed from prairie dog colonies outside of Meeteetse. While earlier attempts to breed members of the Mellette County South Dakota population in captivity were successful in the 1970s, none of the resulting offspring survived.]]> 2017-03-09 16:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159024232 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159025590 Currently, there are 28 black-footed ferret reintroduction sites. Black-footed ferrets have been released in Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Kansas, New Mexico, Canada and Mexico. ]]> 2017-03-09 16:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159025590 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159025941 Since 1986, over 8,500 kits have been produced at the captive breeding facilities.]]> 2017-03-09 16:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159025941 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159026102 Each year, 150-220 black-footed ferrets are preconditioned and reintroduced into the wild from captive breeding programmes. Additionally, a number of wild born ferrets are re-located from self-sustaining reintroduction sites to other sites in order to bolster their populations.]]> 2017-03-09 16:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159026102 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159026118 The graph to the left depicts the number of BFF kits born at all captive breeding facilities from the beginning of the program through 2010]]> 2017-03-09 16:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159026118 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159029396 http://blackfootedferret.org/reintroduction/]]> 2017-03-09 16:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159029396 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159030268 2017-03-09 16:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159030268 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159030366 Before being released, they are vaccinated against canine distemper virus and plague.]]> 2017-03-09 16:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159030366 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159032031 2017-03-09 16:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159032031 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159032561 2017-03-09 16:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159032561 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159033322 2017-03-09 16:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159033322 https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159033749 2017-03-09 16:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/amyh5/srshwnqvhmsi/wish/159033749