I thought it’d be fun to do a web roundup of our ferret’s close cousin, the Black-footed Ferret.

There is so much to learn about this mustelid and I often wonder how close it is in its behaviour to our little friends. If you take a look at the 2nd video, you’ll see that the BFF love doing the weasel wardance so I guess that makes it pretty close in some respects to our ferrets :)

In the first video you’ll see Jerry Murray is the volunteer veterinarian – he’s certainly been involved with ferrets for a long time. I first heard of him when I got Mash back in 1994.

The Nature Conservancy in Kansas – Black-footed ferret release

Black-footed ferrets are reintroduced at Smoky Valley Ranch.

Black Footed Ferrets

Black-footed Ferrets Make a Comeback: The North American Mustelids …

Once extinct in the wild, the black-footed ferret was reduced to 18 captive individuals. Today, this species now numbers 750 individuals in the wild.

Black-footed Ferret Dance

Plague strikes down black-footed ferrets | MNN – Mother Nature Network

More than 100 black-footed ferrets have died in recent months, victims of a disease we don’t hear much about anymore — plague.

Black-footed Ferret

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