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The Why of Ferrets

10,000 Birds

When the South Dakota ferret numbers began dropping, they captured nine animals in hopes of starting a captive breeding population. Then, in Meeteese, Wyoming, the Hogg family’s ranch dog Shep found something. But the ferrets kept dying. Meanwhile, the black-footed ferret was declared finally, unambiguously, officially extinct.

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