Summary: The highly touted conservation of the Black-footed Ferret over the past 30 years is really a story about two interconnected species, of a predator and its prey. Thought extinct until a tiny number were rediscovered on private property in the 1980's, Black-footed Ferret populations plummeted as humans sought to eradicate their primary source of food, prairie dogs. Today, we recognize we can't save one species without saving the other and that living things are interconnected even if they aren't on display.
