Did anyone see the PBS program Scientific American Frontiers this week?
It will be airing later this week in some areas of the country.
http://www2.pubtv.net/online/saf/air_times.CFM
 
In a segment called "Life in Dog Town," Alan Alda describes the decline
and rise of the Black-Footed Ferret (BFF).  You can read a summary of the
segment, and eventually even watch the program online, at
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1106/segments/1106-2.htm.
 
Especially important to note is that less than 10% of captive-raised BBF's
survived their first month in the wild.  Now that the wildlife biologists
have instituted a "school" to train kits how to survive in the wild, 70% of
the BFF's survive the first year.  Still, of the seven prairie dogs towns
where BFF's have been reintroduced, there is only one self-sustaining
population of BFF's in the world.
 
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Californians for Ferret Legalization:  http://www.ferretnews.org
Get & use the CFL Wanted poster:  http://ferrets.go.cc
[Posted in FML issue 3323]