Friday, November 15, 2013

Black-footed Ferrets

So I've been busy with the PhD lately and haven't talked much about my recent travels. I need to amend this because I've been to a lot of really cool places in the past couple of months! I promise I'll set up a regular writing schedule soon.

http://www.blackfootedferret.org

In the meantime, yesterday I watched a really great talk about Black-footed ferrets. They are the only ferret species in the western hemisphere (the other two species are in Eurasia). You should watch it too:

A biologist talked to UGA's School of Forestry about the history and the future of this endangered (once thought to be extinct) amazing animals:
http://www.warnell.uga.edu/news/index.php/2013/11/back-from-the-brink-saving-the-endangered-black-footed-ferret/


www.prairiewildlife.org
More great resources:

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14020/0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-footed_ferret

http://www.blackfootedferret.org/

http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/blackfootedferret/

Photo from: commons.wikimedia.org

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