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7.1 Decline. 7.2 Reintroduction and conservation. 8 In popular culture. ... the only known wild black-footed ferret population was located on approximately 6,000 ...
Elizabeth Ann (born December 10, 2020) is a black-footed ferret, the first U.S. endangered species to be cloned. [1] [2] The animal was cloned using the frozen cells from Willa, a black-footed female ferret who died in the 1980s [3] and had no living descendants. [4] The cloning process was led by Revive & Restore, a biodiversity non-profit. [5]
This ferret died 33 years ago—and scientists just brought her back to life. Meet Elizabeth Ann, the very first clone of a U.S. endangered species.
The decline in prairie dogs has significantly impacted many of the other animals that reside in the shortgrass prairie, including the black-footed ferret, whose diet relies on prairie dogs. Other animals negatively affected by the decline of prairie dogs are the mountain plover, swift fox, ferruginous hawk and the burrowing owl.
The black-footed ferret species was thought to be extinct in 1981, but was later rediscovered and has now been given a second chance thanks to conservation efforts. The aim is to work towards ...
Black-footed ferret recovery efforts aimed at increased genetic diversity and disease resistance took a bold step forward on Dec. 10, with the birth of Elizabeth Ann, created from the cells of ...
On December 10, 2020, the world's first cloned black-footed ferret was born. This ferret, named Elizabeth Ann, marked the first time a U.S. endangered species was successfully cloned. [33] [34] Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret, being weighed on the 18th of February 2021 (at 70 days old)
The story of the black-footed ferrets is a wild one. Their numbers declined precipitously in the twentieth century due to the declining population of prairie dogs (their main source of food) as ...