Black-footed Ferret Up Close
by Tony Hake
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Black-footed Ferret Up Close
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Tony Hake
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Photograph - Photograph
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Close up of a Black-footed Ferret. The Black-footed Ferret is a rarity on the Great Plains. Once numerous, the small animals were harvested for the fur trade. That, coupled with a loss of habitat, resulted in a declining population and it was eventually declared extinct in 1979. Two years later, a small population of the animal was discovered on a private ranch in Wyoming and a captive breeding program was launched. Since then, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has been gradually releasing the Black-footed Ferret in eight states in what was once its native region. It recently was introduced to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Denver, Colorado and by all accounts, the program has been successful. That is where this image was captured.
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April 3rd, 2017
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