Colorado wildlife officials continue an effort to reintroduce “one of the most endangered mammals in North America” into the wild prairie landscape.
On Nov. 14, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) orchestrated the release of three adult black-footed ferrets and 14 kits, or young ferrets, at cattle rancher Dallas May’s private 20,000-acre May Ranch outside Lamar, Colorado, with the help of Lamar Middle School students, CPW Public Information Officer Travis Duncan told The Epoch Times.
According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), the black-footed ferret is a medium-sized carnivorous mammal that includes badgers, weasels, otters, and minks.
The FWS listed the black-footed ferret as endangered in 1967 and grandfathered into the Endangered Species Act of 1973….