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This series reveals how to choose and care for the unusual or exotic pets that children will aspire to keep. Features include: - housing and shelter, food and water, and exercise. - how to handle and train a pet correctly. - the appropriate diet for the pet and signs of ill-health. - the importance of providing a stimulating environment and companionship. - plus the most appropriate breed or type of pet for a person's circumstance. ... Read more

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In this book, Tim Clark tells the story of subsequent efforts to save the black-footed ferret, showing how it points up the necessity of finding new ways to conserve and restore species. According to Clark, the problems facing conservation are not fundamentally biological but stem from human systems-policy decisions, organizational priorities, and professional rivalries. The focus in conservation, he says, must shift from science to practical problem solving. ... Read more

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A must-read for environmental policymakers
Very informative and enlightening book on the environmental decisionmaking, especially when it comes to endangered species programs. ... Read more

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This is an up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on CD-ROM about the Black-Footed Ferret (Mustela Nigripes) and habitat - Yellowstone Park, recovery plan, reintroduction, plague, conservation, interaction with prairie dogs, and more. As part of the Nature and Wildlife Guide Series, it contains scientific research data along with public information, images and photographs.Biologists consider black-footed ferrets one of the most endangered mammals in the United States. Recently, however, thanks to aggressive captive-breeding and reintroduction programs, much progress has been made toward recovering ferret populations in the wild. Black-footed ferrets are members of the weasel family (Mustelidae). Their nearest relatives are weasels and minks. Other members of the family include martens, fishers, otters, wolverines, badgers, and skunks. Larger than weasels, black-footed ferrets are long, slender-bodied animals similar in size to a mink. They are characterized by a black mask across the face, a brownish head, black feet and legs, and a black tip on the tail. The ferret s short, buff-colored fur becomes lighter on the underside of their bodies. The middle of the back has brown-tipped guard hairs that create the appearance of a dark saddle. Black-footed ferrets may resemble the ferrets found in pet stores but they are actually a different species. Both belong to the weasel family but domestic ferrets sold as pets evolved in Europe while endangered black-footed ferrets evolved in North America. Black-footed ferrets were probably never abundant, and their underground and nocturnal habits make them difficult to study. First described by naturalists John Audubon and James Bachman in 1851, black-footed ferrets were not sighted again for 25 years. Ferrets were once found throughout the Great Plains, from Texas to southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Their range extended from the Rocky Mountains east through the Dakotas and south through Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The black-footed ferret is 18 to 24 inches long, including a 5 to 6 inch tail. It weighs only one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half pounds, with males slightly larger than females. The black-footed ferret is well adapted to its prairie environment. Its color and markings blend so well with grassland soils and plants, that it is hard to detect until it moves. It is a slender, wiry animal with a black face mask, black feet, and a blacktipped tail. The rest of its short, sleek fur is a yellow-buff color, lighter on the belly and nearly white on the forehead, muzzle, and throat. It has short legs with large front paws and claws developed for digging. The ferret's large ears and eyes suggest it has acute hearing and sight, but smell is probably its most important sense for hunting prey underground in the dark. Known populations in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and Mexico. Coverage includes Federal Register documents related to Endangered status, the Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Plan, a sylvatic plague outbreak, Yellowstone National Park (a major habitat), and research reports. ... Read more

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This series reveals how to choose and care for the unusual or exotic pets that children will aspire to keep. Features include: - housing and shelter, food and water, and exercise. - how to handle and train a pet correctly. - the appropriate diet for the pet and signs of ill-health. - the importance of providing a stimulating environment and companionship. - plus the most appropriate breed or type of pet for a person's circumstance. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) is a small carnivorous North American prairie animal closely related to the Steppe Polecat from Russia, and a member of the diverse family Mustelidae which also includes weasels, mink, polecats, martens, otters, and badgers. It should not be confused with the domesticated ferret.The Black-footed Ferret is an endangered mammal in North America, according to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). They became extirpated in the wild in Canada in 1937, and were classified as endangered in the U.S. in 1967. The last known wild population was taken into captivity in 1985, a few years after its accidental discovery in Meeteetse, Wyoming. Release of captive animals has successfully re-introduced the species to parts of its former habitat, and currently these populations have made what has been called an "astonishing comeback. ... Read more

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A look at endangered wildlife encourages young readers to scour the full-color photographs and locate prairie dogs, black-footed ferrets, foxes, coyotes, field mice, and other mammals. ... Read more

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Ferrets
This book is great and gives info on the endangered species of the black-footed ferret ! ... Read more

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This sequel to Who Stole the Gold? is another picture book whodunit. This time, Ferret's luscious raspberries are missing. Mouse is sure he knows just who the culprit is; Raven stole Hamster's gold, so she must be guilty. But Raven vehemently denies it and sets about unmasking the real thieves--a colony of ants who carried off the delicious berries. All ends happily, with everyone feasting on raspberries thanks to Ferret's generosity, having learned about the dangers of jumping to conclusions. ... Read more

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It Wasn't Me
It Wasn't Me by Udo Weighlt Juand and Julia Gukoua is a wonderful book .The most exciting part is when the kid drops the egg on the dog and the dog gets mad . Then the bird comes and get mad at the dog and the kid eventhough it was not their fault. It was the the big shoe's fault.It's a funny and hilarious book, I hope you take the time to read it!!! ... Read more