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. ---- The Beach Boyz* surf on over to http://Beach_boyz.go.cc Californians for Ferret Legalization: http://www.ferretnews.org Get & use the CFL Wanted poster: http://ferrets.go.cc [Posted in FML issue 3323]