CPW biologists deploy drones to see what is killing endangered ferrets

Biologists in southeastern Colorado are using drone technology to track and study endangered black-footed ferrets that have been released on the eastern plains.
Penn Live

Central Pa. couple accused of killing teen’s pet as punishment for curfew violation

A 16-year-old boy told police his mom and the man she lived with killed his pet ferret in front of him and his sister after they missed curfew the night before. “Now we’re even,” the boy told police ...
Colorado Public Radio

Endangered cloned ferret gives birth, in a first for conservation

Animals born from cloned endangered species are no longer just for the silver screens of “Jurassic Park.” They might just be a model for species conservation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
AZ Central

'Little vampires': Wildlife agencies release 10 black-footed ferrets in northern Arizona

SELIGMAN — Wildlife officials released 10 endangered black-footed ferrets at Arizona’s only active ferret reintroduction site Wednesday, the latest development in a decades-long effort to save the ...
Reuters

Texas bird flu strain kills ferrets used to mimic disease in humans, US CDC says

June 7 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
The Prowers Journal

Heartland Ranch the site of another ferret release – this time utilizing GPS-tracking collars developed by Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

A black-footed ferret wearing one of  new tracking collars is shown after being released November 19 at Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve  (this and all photos in article courtesy of ...