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BLACK FOOTED FERRETS
In 2010, scientists used electric fencing to protect Montana’s black-footed ferrets; coyote sightings in fenced areas fell from 42% to 7%In Montana, scientists implemented portable electric fencing to reduce coyote predation on endangered black-footed ferrets. The fencing suc...- Ted Turner was 10 when National Geographic inspired him to save bison. He has now protected over 2 million acres of land, restored native and endangered wildlifeTed Turner, motivated by a childhood encounter with a National Geographic article, embarked on his passionate journey of conservation by st...
- In 1981, a dog in Wyoming accidentally killed a small creature. This ironically, brought back an almost extinct species. Decades later, cloning is keeping its genes aliveMore than 40 years ago, a dog unexpectedly killed an animal which was believed to have become extinct – a black-footed ferret. This discove...
- In 2016, Montana researchers used drones to drop peanut butter vaccine pellets for prairie dogs, hoping to protect the endangered ferrets that depend on themIn Montana, drones were utilized to distribute peanut butter-flavored plague vaccines to prairie dogs in a crucial effort to protect the en...
- Meanwhile in the future: The only lions left live in zoosBetween deforestation, pollution, hunting, and general human encroachment, all sorts of species are at risk of going extinct.
- India scrambles to save tigers from deadly virusIndia is scrambling to protect its beleaguered tiger population after several big cats tested positive for a virus common among dogs but de...
- NTCA cautions states on dog disease affecting tigersThe NTCA has asked the forest officials to collect tissues of dead animals for pathological analysis. The field staff has been asked to che...
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