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An opinion: successes and setbacks in black-footed ferret recovery: do we really have the capabilities, resources, and socio/ political will to recover critically endangered species?(Report)
Dramatic habitat losses and human persecution over decades preceding passage of Endangered Species Act legislation caused the near extirpation and/or dramatic decline of many North American wildlife species. The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes; ferret) was widely regarded as extinct until a small population was found in 1981 near the town of Meeteetse, in western Wyoming. Since that time, ferret recovery has followed something of a roller coaster track, bringing the species dangerously close to extinction again by 1987 (when only 18 surviving animals remained and were all brought into captivity), and then to greater stability by 1999, when captive population ...
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