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Feds to boost ailing ferrets across Great Plains
Source: Omaha World Herald
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have crafted a new plan to restore the highly endangered black-footed ferret that includes reintroducing the animal to more states.
The prairie dog-eating member of the weasel family was thought to be extinct until 1981, when a rancher found a solitary enclave of the animals in northwest Wyoming.
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recovery plan released on Monday calls for boosting their numbers to about 3,000 animals. That's versus about 500 black-footed ferrets in the wild today.
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Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20131223/OUTDOORS/131229557/1707#feds-to-boost-ailing-ferrets-across-great-plains
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