Ferret - Lady and Tramp

Lady and Tramp are domestic ferrets and they were bred to be
pets. They arrived here as their owner could not look after
them anymore.
Unfortunately, their wild cousins are highly endangered.
The wild Black footed ferrets have broader heads than these
domestic ferrets and their faces are more blunt and less
pointed, their legs and feet are black or dark brown, giving
them the name black-footed.
Massive hunting and poisoning campaigns against the prairie
dog, its main food source, caused the ferret to decline.
The last wild black-footed ferrets were taken into captivity
in 1987. They were bred in captivity and today, some ferrets
have been reintroduced to a few limited areas in the state of
Wyoming.
The Black-footed Ferret is the only endangered domestic
animal on earth!
And all of the black-footed ferrets alive today descended
from just 18 individuals!
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