American Burglars on the Loose in Canada! Yer cute and happy environmental story for the day.
Posted on October 4, 2009 at 11:52 am by Dr. Jim
Saskatchewan is once again home to the only indigenous species of North American ferret, and they seem like quite the bunch of little miscreants.
Some Black Footed Ferrets have been reintroduced to Saskatchewan’s Grasslands National Park, according to the CBC.
They look like innocent little criminals, don’t they?
Grasslands National Park, in Saskatchewan’s southwest, was selected as the site for introducing 34 animals back to their natural habitat. A recovery plan for the species includes releasing more animals to the park in 2010.
The black-footed ferret is the only species of ferret indigenous to North America.
Populations fell to near-extinction levels until a small colony was discovered in Wyoming in 1981. Those animals were used to begin the recovery program.
“This is the prime time to be putting them back into the wild,” Scott Larson, an assistant field supervisor with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told CBC News on Friday. “Every fall [we] have a batch of kits that we raise in captivity that are made available to go back to reintroduction sites.”
Aw yes, Canada, the Guantanimo of cute! We don’t mind at all!
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