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What It Feels Like For a Ferret Watcher

10,000 Birds

As lovely as the Sage Grouse were, our trip had another primary mission — to see the amazing, highly endangered black-footed ferret. Ferret 492 — a black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes — raises her head from a black-tailed prairie dog’s burrow, sniffs the April night. Not Ferret 492, though.

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Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows

4 The Love Of Animals

As the name suggests, they rescue rabbits, but they also rescue other small animals like ferrets, and other small rodents. who feel comfortable enough to return to Rabbit Meadows each year to raise their young. Tags: rescue spotlight ferret rabbit rescue rodent. Rabbit Meadows is a rescue group out of Seattle.

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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

10,000 Birds

Because if it doesn’t there are no second chances (Black-footed Ferret aside.). In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. And oh crap, you guys, we really have to do something about the California Condor situation right now, but what? Will it work?