The Forest Service Gets a Slap on Their Prairie Dog Killing Plan

The Forest Service Gets a Slap on Their Prairie Dog Killing Plan

On the Thunder Basin National Grassland of northeastern Wyoming, the livestock industry has been pursuing an aggressive campaign to expand poisoning and shooting of prairie dogs. And in 2020, the Forest Service gave them a plan amendment that radically expanded prairie dog killing, and eliminated a special designation of a Black-footed Ferret Reintroduction Area to […]

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Two Black-Footed Ferrets Successfully Cloned to Bolster Endangered Species Recovery Efforts

Two Black-Footed Ferrets Successfully Cloned to Bolster Endangered Species Recovery Efforts

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced the successful cloning of two black-footed ferrets, Noreen and Antonia. Born last May, these ferrets represent a crucial step in the ongoing battle to save the critically endangered species. Utilizing tissue samples collected from a female ferret named Willa back in 1988, scientists were able to […]

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