Source: CBC News, August 8, 2019
Parks Canada now focusing on prairie dog population
The black footed ferret population was reintroduced to Grasslands National Park in 2009, but none of the animals have been spotted there since 2014.
Stefano Liccioli, wildlife ecologist, and scientist for species at risk with Parks Canada, said consecutive droughts and a non-native disease contributed to the disappearance.
“No ferrets have been detected in the park so our best estimate is that at this moment we do not have ferrets in the park,” Liccioli said.
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