No black-footed ferrets found in Meeteetse, Wyoming, 40 years after a rescue saved the species

Wyoming wildlife managers have reported that no black-footed ferrets were detected during recent surveys in the Absaroka Range foothills near Meeteetse. This area serves as a critical conservation site for the species, which was once thought to be extinct before a small population was discovered there 40 years ago.

The absence of the ferrets in this location follows four decades of efforts to recover the species after the initial rescue in the Meeteetse area. Current reports indicate that the animals are no longer present in this specific historical habitat.