They are making a strong comeback in WY and surrounding states after a plague destroyed much of their prey: Prairie Dogs.
Edit: They were considered (close to) extinct but not any longer, and I blame this on humans.
It was the popularity of pet ferrets in the 1980s that inspired humans to make a concerted effort to study and repopulate the species in 1987. It was humans that brought them back from the brink.
They are making a strong comeback in WY and surrounding states after a plague destroyed much of their prey: Prairie Dogs.
Edit: They were considered (close to) extinct but not any longer, and I blame this on humans.
It was the popularity of pet ferrets in the 1980s that inspired humans to make a concerted effort to study and repopulate the species in 1987. It was humans that brought them back from the brink.
They are making a strong comeback in WY and surrounding states after a plague destroyed much of their prey: Prairie Dogs.
Edit: They were considered (close to) extinct but not any longer, and I blame this on humans.
It was the popularity of pet ferrets in the 1980s that inspired humans to make a concerted effort to study and repopulate the species in 1987. It was humans that brought them back from the brink.