Black Footed Ferret

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Black Footed Ferret

• By
• Nohemy Flores
• Kathryn Donnell
• Ruby Camarillo

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Description

• Black footed ferrets are tan, and have black
  markings on their feet, legs, and the tip of
  their tails.
• Their size from head to body is usually 15-20
  inches, and the tail is usually 4.25-5 inches.

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Habitat

• The black-footed ferret is usually found on short
  grass and mid-grass prairies. When its not doing
  anything it occupies an underground burrow.

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Location

• They lived in prairie colonies from Southern
  Canada to northern Mexico.
• By 1986 they were completely gone from the wild.
• Today they have been reintroduced in Wyoming,
  South Dakota, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Texas,
  Mexico.

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Food Sources

• Prairie dogs make up 90 of their diet. They
  could eat over 100 prairie dogs in one year.
• They are known to eat ground squirrels, small
  rodents, rabbits and birds.

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Fun Facts

• Black Footed Ferrets dont migrate.
• Females ferrets are called jills, and males are
  hobs.
• Baby ferrets are called kits.

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Year why

• They were added in the Endangered Species List in
  1986.
• They are extinct because only 2 of the land
  that they had still exists.
• They are basically homeless.

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Action Plan

• By fundraisers, the southern states will purchase
  about 1,000 acres and put prairie dogs. The
  prairie dogs will help feed Black-Footed Ferrets.
  The amount of Ferrets will be as much as
  agricultural possible.

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Letter to Leader

• Dear Senator Judith Zaffrini of District 21,
• The Black-Footed Ferret is an endangered
  animal in North America. Mainly because by 1986,
  only 2 of their grasslands were still
  functional. We think we should have fundraisers
  to raise money to buy 1,000 acres. These acres
  will have prairie dogs so the Ferrets so they can
  eat. These acres will have as many Ferrets as
  possible.
• 
  Sincerely,
• Kids trying to help a friendly
  creature!

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Bibliography

• http//animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mamm
  als/black-footed-ferret.html
• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/
  bfferret/
• http//www.animalinfo.org/species/carnivor/mustnig
  r.htmHabitat
• http//www.northern.edu/natsource/ENDANG1/Bfferr1.
  htm
• http//www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wild
  life/black-footed_ferret.php