Black-footed ferret mount

Photo By/Credit

Hagerty, Ryan/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
11/23/2016
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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Lucille, the black-footed ferret mounted specimen was killed by a ranchdog in Wyoming and the owner wanted it mounted. The taxidermist said this species was "extinct." Wyoming Game and Fish Department investigated and found a colony and captured them for captive breeding, a program that still exists today because of Lucille.
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