The black-footed ferret was once listed as extinct on the prairies of North America. Its population had been devastated by a disease that also reduced its main food source—prairie dogs. This book tells the fascinating story of the black-footed ferret's rediscovery in 1981 by a dog in Wyoming. Readers will learn how the find inspired a captive breeding program that is restoring not only this prairie species to the wild, but its essential food source as well, the prairie dog.
- ISBN10 0778763242
- ISBN13 9780778763246
- Publish Date 30 September 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Crabtree Publishing Co,US
- Format Paperback
- Pages 32
- Language English