A History Of Hardship
This disease devastated both prairie dog and black-footed ferret populations.
What is sylvatic plague?
The purpose of pre-conditioning pens for reintroduced ferrets is this.
What is to develop survival skills before release?
This related species helped develop reproductive breeding strategies for black-footed ferrets.
What is the domestic ferret?
A major challenge associated with highly managed conservation approaches is this.
What is high cost and resource intensity?
A small population of black-footed ferrets was rediscovered in the wild in this year.
What is 1981?
This is the name of the comprehensive initiative that oversees all black-footed ferret conservation efforts.
What is the Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program?
This technique is used to optimise breeding pairs based on genetic diversity.
What are mate suitability indices?
One method used to control sylvatic plague in prairie dog burrows is this.
What is insecticide dusting (or) vaccination?
This was the primary reason for the initial failure of captive breeding programs.
What is canine distemper virus?
The focus of habitat restoration efforts for black-footed ferrets is this.
What is maintaining stable prairie dog populations?
This factor has been identified as influencing reproductive success in captive ferrets, and is being studied further.
What is diet?
Legal protections and policy measures contribute to black-footed ferret conservation in this way.
What is by mandating habitat conservation and regulating habitat destruction?