The Why of Ferrets
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2012
The species was extinct, a vanished part of the vanishing prairie — and not for the first time. John Bachmann headed west to gather material for Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. When the South Dakota ferret numbers began dropping, they captured nine animals in hopes of starting a captive breeding population.
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