Wild Ferrets

                                                                                                                 Kimberly Fraser/USDA

Each summer, at active ferret reintroduction sites across the Great Plains, experts survey the animals to count populations and conduct their health checks. With endangered species recovery, it’s important to know how many ferrets are at each site and whether they are having kits in the wild. For 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has documented ferret populations at 15 active sites out of the 30 where ferret recovery has been attempted. --- Defenders of Wildlife