Black+Footed+Ferret

__﻿Black Footed Ferret __ //Mustela nigripes // Have you ever heard of the black footed fereret?



﻿The Black Footed Ferret is a carnivurous animal that lives in the North American prairies. It eats prairie dogs. It most resembles the weasel. It was reported in 1965 to be endangered and then it was thought to be extinct. In 1985 a small group of these ferrets were found. So when they were found they were taken into captivity to reproduce but a disease sickened them and almost destroyed them for real. But, they successfully recovered and are now living out in the wild but are still considered an endangered specie.750 ferrets are in the wild and 250 are in conservation as of 2008. It has been on the endangered animal on the list ever since 2005. Biologist hope to bring up the population to 1500 in 2010. media type="custom" key="7574705"  for more info go to []