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Biologists take on exhausting task of building a thriving population out of a species of ferrets once thought extinct, aiming to move the ... Black foot forward
The Gazette; 10/30/2005; DAVE PHILIPPS THE GAZETTE; 1451 words
; MASSADONA - A sleek, buff-colored ferret known as Jos chattered like a back-seat ... with 250 other endangered blackfooted ferrets in breeding facilities across North America ... extinction. Twenty years ago, 18 black-footed ferrets were known to exist. Now there are almost ...
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Love My Ferret
The Washington Post; 4/10/1993; 459 words
; As a ferret breeder and former show judge, I take exception to ... Westminster Kennel Club show with a convention of ferret breeders is ridiculous" was offensive to those of us on the ferret show circuit. Most of the show rules adopted by both ...
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Projections and pathways of VIP- and nNos-containing airway neurons in ferret trachea
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology; 1/1/2001; Zhu, Weimin; Dey, Richard D; 4038 words
; Airway ganglia in ferret trachea are organized into two identifiable ... mediate tracheobronchial reflexes (1-3). In ferret tracheal plexuses, ganglia are arranged ... depression of the NANC innervation in ferret airways exposed to virus (19), supporting ...
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Biologists work to save black-footed ferrets from extinction.
Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO); 11/4/2005; 1515 words
; ... MASSADONA, Colo. _ A sleek, buff-colored ferret known as Jose chattered like a back-seat ... with 250 other endangered blackfooted ferrets in breeding facilities across North America ... extinction. Twenty years ago, 18 black-footed ferrets were known to exist. Now there are almost ...
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Ten, the dot that grew into a ferret
New Straits Times; 7/28/2002; Chew Juliane; 1146 words
; Ten, the dot that grew into a ferret Byline: Chew Juliane Edition: New Sunday ... STF) - Lovable, playful and cuddly. Ferrets make great pets just ask Mrs Chai Teng ... the Kojimas, Ten and Mame, two adorable ferrets, simply grew and grew on Mrs Chai Teng ...
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BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS GIVEN NEW DIGS CONSERVATION CENTER NORTH OF FORT COLLINS KEY IN THEIR REVIVAL
Rocky Mountain News; 10/14/2005; Gary Gerhardt, Rocky Mountain News; 466 words
; The black-footed ferret, one of America's most endangered species ... 000-square-foot, $8 million National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center officially opened ... honor of releasing a 3- year-old male ferret inside a wire-mesh enclosed pre-conditioning ...
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Captivity chosen to save the ferret. (black-footed ferret)
Science News; 9/6/1986; Raloff, Janet; 676 words
; Captivity chosen to save the ferret A few months ago it was the condor ... p.389). Now it's the black-footed ferret. Last week wildlife officials decided ... the past two years that leaving this ferret in the wild would be tantamount to ...
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On your marks. Get set. Ferret! Country Matters
The Independent - London; 4/1/2000; Duff Hart-Davis; 930 words
; With the start of another ferret-racing season, owners all over the country ... especially in the north. The true role of a ferret, of course, is to bolt rabbits out of ... Results are unpredictable. Sometimes a ferret will go like smoke from one end of the ...
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FERRETS MAKING PROGRESS
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 11/6/2003; Amber Travskyatravsky@wyoming.com; 768 words
; SHIRLEY BASIN -- The black-footed ferret is the most endangered mammal in North ... thrilled this past August to locate 50 ferrets in Wyoming's Shirley Basin, north of Medicine Bow. Looking for black-footed ferrets is tedious work. Ferrets are nocturnal ...
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The fall and rise of the black-footed ferret
Redlands Daily Facts; 8/29/2004; PHIL; NANCY SEFF; 801 words
; In 1978 the last black-footed ferret, one of six that had been rescued in a ... Therefore, in 1981, when a black-footed ferret scurried across a ranch in Meeteetse ... Shep, the ranchers dog, had killed the ferret was an unfortunate detail, but it couldnt ...
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