Assisting with BFF release

A man in a military uniform crouching in the grass next to a carrier kennel where a black footed ferret is emerging

Photo By/Credit

Alex Schubert/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Major Mackinder assists in the black footed ferret release at the pre-conditioning pen at F.E. Warren Air Force Base.

Facility

Colorado Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office

Ecosystem

Mountain

Prairie

Species

Mustela nigripes

Staff

Alex Schubert

Subject tags

Ecological restoration

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Mammals

Military

Partnerships

Prairies

Research

Wildlife management

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