In the process, the black-footed ferret was nearly wiped out. In 1987, 18 animals were captured in the wild to begin a captive breeding program, which has since reintroduced ferrets into promising ...

The men were caught by Thames Valley Police rural crime taskforce in Duns Tew, a rural area near Banbury and Bicester, with a ferret. Poaching is the illegal hunting or capture of wild animals ...

Part of the family of weasels, otters and mink, ferrets are not entirely domesticated. Their domestication is evolving, so they still share many behaviours typical of their wild relatives.

Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending this species from threats like ...